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he

Spanish, noun/ˈe/

he is spelled H-E (2 letters) and appears 589 times per million words in written Spanish, the 139th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). He is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “he; the Hebrew letter ה” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of haber.

What does he mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    here is

  2. 2

    behold (+ aquí)

noun

  1. 1

    femininehe; the Hebrew letter ה

interjection

  1. 1

    obsoletehey

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

  3. 3

    second-person singular voseo imperative

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. Unido a un pronombre personal clítico ("me, te, le, nos, os, les, lo, la, los, las") o a un adverbio de lugar ("aquí, allí, ahí", etc.) o algunos de tiempo ("ya, aún") , señala la presencia o existencia de algo.

interjection: 1. Se emplea para llamar la atención de alguna persona o animal.

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 he

  • heis alternative obsolete
  • hes alternative obsolete

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

How do you pronounce he?

  • /ˈe/
  • [ˈe]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is he in Spanish?

he appears 589 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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