/aˈkel/
Translation
that (over there)
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.
Used in
Stories
(9)Cinco mil palabras después
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Cuanto más espero, peor
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Le hice arreglar el coche
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Lleva toda la mañana
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Menudo desastre
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No fue él, sino ella
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Por todas partes
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Se me cayó todo
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Tú y tu hermano
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Grammar articles
(6)Demonstrative Pronouns in Spanish: Este, Ese, Aquel and the Three-Way This and That
Spanish Demonstratives: este, ese, aquel and the Three-Way Distance Split
Reported Speech in Spanish: tense backshift (dice que, dijo que)
Spanish Superlatives: El Mejor, El Mas, and the -isimo Ending
Verbs of Becoming in Spanish: ponerse, hacerse, volverse, convertirse en, llegar a ser
Verbs with Prepositions in Spanish (Regimen Preposicional): the Fixed Verb + Preposition Pairs
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