Translation
that (over there)
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Word origin
From Vulgar Latin eccum ille ('behold that one'), combining an emphatic particle with the Latin demonstrative ille ('that'). The same ille lies behind the Romance definite articles and the pronoun in words such as Spanish el.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- eccum ille
Grammar
Examples
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That car over there is mine.
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That house was the first we bought.
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Those days will not return.
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I remember that fondly.
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That summer in the countryside was very special.
Aquel is the masculine-singular demonstrative for something at a distance from both the speaker and the listener, or distant in time. The four other forms - feminine aquella, masculine plural aquellos, feminine plural aquellas, and neuter aquello - all share this lemma page.
The neuter aquello refers to abstract concepts, distant memories, or situations rather than specific gendered nouns. Use it for the moment before you name the thing or for referring back to an event mentioned earlier.
The Real Academia made the diacritic on aquél, aquélla, aquéllos, aquéllas optional in 2010 and now recommends the unaccented forms in all uses.
Where this fits
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Stories
(12)Lo hizo esperar
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No estoy embarazada
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Una banda en problemas
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Hasta abril
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La abuela tiene novio
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La lengua de la abuela
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Ochenta y nueve lunes
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Palabras de cocina
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¡Qué bien hablas español!
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Sin entrada
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¿Y vos qué sos?
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Yo estuve allí
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Grammar articles
(6)Advanced Spanish Adverbs: muy vs mucho, aún, Word Order
Spanish Demonstrative Pronouns: That One, éste and esto
Spanish Demonstrative Adjectives Chart: este, ese, aquel
Spanish Reported Speech: Tense Backshift (dijo que)
Spanish Subjunctive in Relative (Adjective) Clauses
Spanish Verbs with Prepositions: pensar en, soñar con
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aquel: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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This word is taught in chapter 7, lesson 13: aquel, despertar, bienvenido and 6 more words.