ellos
Spanish, pronoun/ˈeʝos/
ellos is spelled E-L-L-O-S (5 letters) and appears 631 times per million words in written Spanish, the 123rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ellos is a Spanish masculine pronoun meaning “plural of él (“they, them”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Nominativo y dativo del pronombre personal de la tercera persona del plural. Con preposición, se emplea…”.
What does ellos mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
masculineplural of él (“they, them”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. Nominativo y dativo del pronombre personal de la tercera persona del plural. Con preposición, se emplea también en los casos oblicuos.
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 ellos
- les dative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ellos?
- /ˈeʝos/
- [ˈe.ʝos]
- [ˈeʝos]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ellos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ellos in Spanish?
ellos appears 631 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).