aquello
Spanish, pronoun/aˈkeʝo/
aquello is spelled A-Q-U-E-L-L-O (7 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,605th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aquello is a Spanish neuter pronoun meaning “neuter singular of aquél; that (over there); it” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Se refiere a algo que está lejos, en el espacio o en el tiempo, de la persona que habla y de la persona con…”.
What does aquello mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
neuterneuter singular of aquél; that (over there); it
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of aquellar
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. 2. Designa un objeto cuyo nombre no quiere mencionarse, denotando complicidad con quien se habla.
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 aquello
- éste masculine proximal singular
- ése masculine medial singular
- aquél distal masculine singular
- ésta feminine proximal singular
- ésa feminine medial singular
- aquélla distal feminine singular
- esto neuter proximal singular
- eso medial neuter singular
- éstos masculine plural proximal
- ésos masculine medial plural
- aquéllos distal masculine plural
- éstas feminine plural proximal
- ésas feminine medial plural
- aquéllas distal feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aquello?
- /aˈkeʝo/
- [aˈke.ʝo]
- [aˈkeʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aquello
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aquello in Spanish?
aquello appears 32 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).