eles
Portuguese, pronoun
eles is spelled E-L-E-S (4 letters) and appears 1,000 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 90th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eles is a Portuguese masculine pronoun meaning “masculine third-person plural nominative personal pronoun; they” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of ele. With an accent, êles is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pronome pessoal da terceira pessoa do plural”.
What does eles mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
masculinemasculine third-person plural nominative personal pronoun; they
Eles andaram até mim.
- 2
masculinemasculine third-person plural prepositional pronoun; them
Eu gosto de conversar com eles.
- 3
Brazilmasculinemasculine third-person plural personal pronoun used in all positions; they; them
Um homem matou eles.
noun
- 1
plural of ele
pronoun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of eles
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. pronome pessoal da terceira pessoa do plural
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of eles
- êis alternative
- êles alternative
- elles alternative
- êlles alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to eles
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eles in Portuguese?
eles appears 1,000 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).