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aquel

Spanish, determiner

aquel is spelled A-Q-U-E-L (5 letters) and appears 74 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,196th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aquel is a Spanish determiner meaning “that (over there; implying some distance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, aquél is a different word: “that one (often with the meaning of "over there", sometimes…”.

What does aquel mean in English?

determiner

  1. 1

    that (over there; implying some distance)

    ¡Mira el barco aquel!

pronoun

  1. 1

    alternative spelling of aquél

pronoun

as aquél
  1. 1

    masculinethat one (often with the meaning of "over there", sometimes contrasted with ése)

  2. 2

    masculinethe former

  3. 3

    masculineanyone/anything

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

pronoun: 1. Se refiere a algo que está lejos, en el espacio o en el tiempo, de la persona que habla y de la persona con quien se habla.

adjective: 1. Se refiere a algo que está lejos, en el espacio o en el tiempo, de la persona que habla y de la persona con quien se habla. 2. Designa una persona u objeto cuyo nombre no quiere mencionarse, denotando complicidad con quien se habla.

noun: 1. Característica, atractivo o encanto que no se puede definir (indefinible) o complejidad que no es evidente.

pronoun: 1. Grafía alternativa de aquel

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of aquel

  • aquella feminine
  • aquellos masculine plural
  • aquellas feminine plural
  • este error-unrecognized-form masculine proximal
  • ese error-unrecognized-form masculine medial
  • esta error-unrecognized-form feminine proximal
  • esa error-unrecognized-form feminine medial
  • estos error-unrecognized-form masculine plural
  • esos error-unrecognized-form masculine medial
  • estas error-unrecognized-form feminine plural
  • esas error-unrecognized-form feminine medial
  • aquélla feminine
  • aquello neuter
  • aquéllos masculine plural
  • aquéllas feminine plural
  • éste masculine proximal singular
  • ése masculine medial singular
  • ésta feminine proximal singular

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to aquel

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is aquel in Spanish?

aquel appears 74 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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