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Aragonese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum ille (“that one”). Akin to Spanish aquel and Portuguese aquele.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈkel/
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: a‧quel

Determiner

aquel

  1. that

Fala

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese aquel, from Vulgar Latin *eccum ille.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈkel/
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: a‧quel

Determiner

aquel m sg (feminine aquela, masculine plural aquelis, feminine plural aquelas)

  1. that (far from the speaker and listener)

Pronoun

aquel m sg (feminine aquela, masculine plural aquelis, feminine plural aquelas)

  1. that one (far from the speaker and listener)

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aquel, from Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, a compound of Latin eccum and ille. Cognate with Portuguese aquele and Spanish aquel, among others.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈkel/ [ɑˈkeɫ]
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Hyphenation: a‧quel

Determiner

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aquel

  1. that (far from the speaker and listener)
    Quen é aquel home? ― Who is that man?

Pronoun

aquel m (plural aqueles, feminine aquela, feminine plural aquelas, neuter aquilo) (definite demonstrative pronoun)

  1. that over there, yon (far from the speaker and the listener)
    Quen é aquel? ― Who is that [man or boy over there]?
    Quen é aquela? ― Who is that [woman or girl over there]?
    Que é aquilo? ― What is that [thing/animal/plant over there]?

Usage notes

The demonstrative contracts with the prepositions de (“of”) and en (“in”):

See also

Noun

aquel m (plural aqueles, feminine aquela, feminine plural aquelas)

  1. (informal) je ne sais quoi, an imprecise positive quality
    Esa muller tenche un aquel que me pon parvo. ― That woman has a je ne sais quoi that makes me crazy.
  2. (informal) cause, circumstance
    Co aquel de que non se falan non se fixo o que había que facer. ― With the excuse that they don't speak each other what must be done wasn't done.
  3. (informal) thingy; used instead of any other noun, either because the speaker don't want to mention it, or because they cann't find the appropriate word
    Synonyms: conto, couso
    Pásame o aquel de furar. ― Hand me that thingy of piercing.

Derived terms

References

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, a compound of Latin eccum and ille.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.kɛl/
  • Audio (Languedoc):(file)

Adjective

aquel (f aquela, m pl aqueles, f pl aquelas)

  1. this, this one

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, a compound of Latin eccum and ille.

Pronunciation

Determiner

aquel m sg (feminine aquella, masculine plural aquellos)

  1. (demonstrative) that (over there; implying some distance)

Derived terms

Pronoun

aquel

  1. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of aquél

Usage notes

  • The unaccented form can function as a pronoun if it can be unambiguously deduced as such from context.

See also

More information nominative, dative ...
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
first person singular yo me mí1
plural masculine2 nosotros nos nosotros
feminine nosotras nosotras
second person singular tuteo tú te ti1
voseo vos vos
formal3 usted le, se4 lo/la5 usted
plural familiar6 masculine2 vosotros os vosotros
feminine vosotras vosotras
formal/general3 ustedes les, se4 los/las5 ustedes
third person singular masculine2 él le, se4 lo él
feminine ella la ella
neuter ello7 lo ello
plural masculine2 ellos les, se4 los ellos
feminine ellas las ellas
reflexive — se sí1
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Spanish personal pronouns
  1. Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
  2. Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
  3. Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
  4. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
  5. Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
  6. Used primarily in Spain
  7. Used only in rare circumstances

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