ello
Spanish, pronoun/ˈeʝo/
ello is spelled E-L-L-O (4 letters) and appears 204 times per million words in written Spanish, the 399th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ello is a Spanish pronoun meaning “it, neuter third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Nominativo del pronombre personal de tercera persona en género neutro. Con preposición, empléase también en…”.
What does ello mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
it, neuter third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun
noun
- 1
masculine(Freud's concept of) id
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. Nominativo del pronombre personal de tercera persona en género neutro. Con preposición, empléase también en el caso oblicuo (o preposicional). 2. Precedido de algunas personas del verbo ser y de ciertos adverbios de tiempo o nombres que lo denoten, tiene la misma significación que ella.
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.
How do you pronounce ello?
- /ˈeʝo/
- [ˈe.ʝo]
- [ˈeʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ello
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ello in Spanish?
ello appears 204 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).