/lo/
Translation
it, him; the (neuter)
Word origin
From Latin illum, accusative of ille ('that, he'). The same demonstrative gave the definite article and the third-person pronouns across Romance.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- illum
Examples
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I do not understand it well.
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I saw him yesterday in the park.
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The important thing is to be well.
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What I like most is reading by the window.
Devuélveselo .
Give it back to him when you have finished using it.
Where this fits
Used in
Stories
(34)Lo mismo de siempre
2 min read · Core 1000
Un día con María
2 min read · Core 1000
Alguien que lo haya visto
3 min read · Core 5000
Cinco mil palabras después
3 min read · Core 5000
Cocinar juntos
3 min read · Core 1000
Cuando llegué, ya había pasado
3 min read · Core 5000
¿El coche o el carro?
3 min read · Core 5000
El correo a la jefa
3 min read · Core 5000
El nuevo doctor de Paula
3 min read · Core 1000
El perro del barrio
3 min read · Core 5000
El primer día de trabajo
3 min read · Core 1000
El vecino nuevo
3 min read · Core 1000
La fiesta sorpresa
3 min read · Core 1000
La nota de Rafa
3 min read · Core 5000
Lo que de verdad importa
3 min read · Core 5000
Lo que dijo el médico
3 min read · Core 5000
Más vale tarde que nunca
3 min read · Core 5000
Media docena de huevos
3 min read · Core 5000
Menudo desastre
3 min read · Core 5000
No creo que sea grave
3 min read · Core 5000
No estoy embarazada
3 min read · Core 5000
No fue él, sino ella
3 min read · Core 5000
Pasen y siéntense
3 min read · Core 5000
Por lo tanto, decidimos
3 min read · Core 5000
Por todas partes
3 min read · Core 5000
Preparando la visita
3 min read · Core 5000
Se me cayó todo
3 min read · Core 5000
Se vende la camioneta
3 min read · Core 5000
Tú y tu hermano
3 min read · Core 5000
Una organización imposible
3 min read · Core 5000
¡Vaya sorpresa!
3 min read · Core 5000
El primer día de Laura
4 min read · Core 1000
Los puestos del sábado
4 min read · Core 1000
Palabras de cocina
5 min read · Core 1000
Grammar articles
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Spanish Adverbs of Place, Time and Degree (aquí, todavía, muy vs mucho)
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Spanish Articles: Definite vs Indefinite, Gender, Number, and When English Doesn't Use One
Spanish Causative Verbs: hacer, dejar, mandar + Infinitive (me hizo esperar, le hice arreglar el coche)
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Spanish Cleft Sentences and Emphasis: fue Pedro quien, lo que quiero es
Spanish Text Cohesion and Style: signposting, avoiding repetition, en resumen
Spanish Correlative Comparison: cuanto más... más, cada vez más, el doble
Spanish Conditional: the 'Would' Tense, me gustaría and Polite Requests
How to Say Therefore, So and Because in Spanish: por lo tanto, así que, porque
How to Say However, Even Though and Despite in Spanish: sin embargo, aunque, a pesar de
The Spanish Diacritic Accent: tú vs tu, sí vs si, qué vs que
Spanish Exclamations: ¡Qué bonito!, ¡Cuánta gente!, ¡Vaya día! (and the accents)
Spanish Formal Commands: usted and ustedes
The Future and Conditional of Probability in Spanish (¿Qué hora será?, Serían las tres)
Spanish Time and Frequency Phrases: de vez en cuando, a menudo, de repente, poco a poco
Spanish Imperative: Affirmative Tú Commands and the Eight Irregulars
The Spanish Imperfect Subjunctive: Formation, Examples and Practice
Spanish Indefinites: alguno, ninguno, alguien, nadie, algo, nada, cualquiera
Spanish Slang and Chat: decoding tío, guay, o sea, xq (the informal register)
Spanish Intensifiers and Downtoners: muy, -ísimo, super, un poco, más bien
Spanish Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2): The Things That Stop You at the Plateau
The Spanish Neuter lo (lo bueno, lo que, lo de)
Advanced Spanish Negation: ni, sino vs pero, tampoco, ni siquiera
Spanish Negation: no, nunca, nadie and Why Double Negatives Are Correct
Spanish Negative Commands: Why no hables Borrows the Subjunctive
Spanish Nosotros Commands: the 'Let's...' Form
Spanish Noun Gender: The -o/-a Rule, the Ending Patterns, and the Exceptions Worth Memorising
Spanish Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns: lo, la, le, se
Spanish Past Participles as Adjectives and Absolute Clauses (una puerta cerrada, terminada la reunión)
Spanish Perception Verbs + Infinitive or Gerund: la vi salir, lo oí cantando
The Spanish Present Perfect Subjunctive (haya hablado), with Practice
The Spanish Pluperfect Subjunctive and Conditional Perfect (hubiera hablado, habría hablado)
The Spanish Pluperfect (había hablado)
Spanish Politeness: Softening Requests (¿Podría...?, ¿Te importaría...?, quisiera)
Por vs Para in Spanish: The Rules, a Chart, and a Practice Quiz
Spanish Prepositional Pronouns (para mí, conmigo, entre tú y yo)
Spanish Prepositions: de, a, en, con, por, para and the Two Contractions
Spanish Present Perfect: he hablado, ha vivido, hemos visto
Spanish Pronoun Order: Indirect Before Direct, and the le-to-se Rule
Spanish Quantifiers: mucho, poco, demasiado, todo, cada (mucha gente vs trabaja mucho)
Spanish Proverbs (Refranes): Más vale tarde que nunca, A quien madruga Dios le ayuda
Spanish Regional Grammar: voseo (vos tenés), ustedes, and preterite vs perfect
Advanced Spanish Relative Pronouns: el que, el cual, lo cual and cuyo
Spanish Relative Pronouns: que, quien, lo que, donde and cuando
Reported Questions and Commands in Spanish (me preguntó si, me dijo que viniera)
Spanish Set Phrases with tener, dar, hacer, echar (tener ganas, echar de menos, hacer falta)
Si Clauses in Spanish: Real and Unreal Conditions (si llueve, si tuviera, si hubiera)
Spanish Subject Pronouns: yo, tú, él and Why You Usually Leave Them Out
The Spanish Subjunctive in Adverbial Clauses: Rules and Practice
Subjunctive vs Indicative in Spanish: Doubt, Denial and the Negation Flip
Spanish Subjunctive After Emotion
Spanish Subjunctive After Impersonal Expressions
The Spanish Subjunctive in Relative (Adjective) Clauses, with Practice
Spanish Subjunctive Set Phrases: pase lo que pase, como si, ojalá, que tengas...
Spanish Subjunctive After Wishes
Spanish Verbal Periphrases: acabar de, llevar, volver a, seguir + verb
Verbs of Becoming in Spanish: ponerse, hacerse, volverse, convertirse en, llegar a ser
Spanish Word Order: SVO, Pro-Drop and the Five Rules That Cover 90% of Sentences
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