Spanish Conversation · Level 25
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Spanish word
ellas
Pronunciation
IPA/ˈeʝas/
Meaning
- pronounthey
Example
¿Qué hacen ellas?
What are they doing?
More examples
Salgo con ellas los fines de semana.
I go out with them on weekends.
Core concept
A group made up only of women.
Common phrases
con ellas
with them
todas ellas
all of them
Similar words
ellos: Third-person plural pronoun for a group of men or a mixed-gender group.
las: Feminine plural direct-object pronoun that marks women as the object of a verb.
vosotras: Informal second-person plural pronoun used in Spain to address a group of women.
ustedes: Second-person plural pronoun used in Latin America and in formal or polite contexts.
Definition in Spanish
Se usa en tercera persona del plural para referirse a un grupo formado solo por mujeres.
Word origin
From Latin illae, the plural feminine of illa 'that', which through Old Spanish evolves into the feminine third-person plural pronoun ellas.
Usage tips
- Spanish often drops subject pronouns, so ellas is used when it is necessary to mark a female-only group or to add emphasis, and ellos marks mixed groups.
Opposites
- ellosmasculine theypronoun