elas - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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From Old Galician-Portuguese ellas, from Latin illās.

• IPA^(key): /ˈelas/
• Rhymes: -elas
• Syllabification: e‧las

elas f pl (singular ela, masculine el, masculine plural elis)

1. Third person plural feminine nominative pronoun; they

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From Old Galician-Portuguese ellas, from Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille. The dative form is from Latin illīs.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlɐs/

elas f pl (accusative as, dative lles)

1. they

The accusative form as has variant forms las and nas. These alternative forms appear depending on the ending of the preceding word. The form las is used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s. The nas form is used when the preceding word ends in -u or a diphthong. These alternative forms are then suffixed to the preceding word.

The accusative also forms contractions when it immediately follows an indirect object pronoun. For example, Dou che as (“I gave you them”) contracts to Dou chas.

• el
• ela
• eles

From Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.

elas f (masculine eles)

1. they (third-person singular subject pronoun)

• ellas (pre-standardization spelling)

From Old Galician-Portuguese ellas, from Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.

• Hyphenation: e‧las

elas f pl

1. they (a group of people other than the speaker, entirely female)
3. (Brazil) third-person feminine plural personal pronoun used in all positions; they; them; it

   Vi elas cantando.

   I saw them singing.

The following preposition + elas contractions are mandatory:

• ‎de + ‎elas → ‎delas
• ‎em + ‎elas → ‎nelas

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ele.

elas

1. genitive plural of el