ella

See also: Ella, Ellá, eļļa, -ella, -ellä, and eļļā

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronoun

ella

she

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan elha, ela, from Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ʎə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ʎa/

Pronoun

ella (plural elles)

she

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi³	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic¹	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal¹	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal²	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’⁴	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal²	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi
¹⁾ Behaves grammatically as plural. ²⁾ Behaves grammatically as third person.			³⁾ Only as object of a preposition. ⁴⁾ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ella.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɛtla]

Conjunction

ella

or

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ella.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɛtla]
Rhymes: -ɛtla

Conjunction

ella

or else

Italian

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille (“that”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈelːa/, [ˈel̺.l̺ä]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: él‧la

Pronoun

ella f (plural elle, archaic plural elleno)

(literary, subject form) she
Synonym: lei

Usage notes

The term has largely fallen out of use in the spoken language, in favour of the oblique form lei.

Anagrams

alle

Portuguese

Pronoun

ella f

Obsolete spelling of ela

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈeʎa/
(ll-y neutralization) IPA^(key): /ˈeʝa/
(Rioplatense) IPA^(key): /ˈeʒa/, /ˈeʃa/

Pronoun

ella (plural ellas)

she, her (used subjectively and after prepositions)
it (used subjectively and after prepositions to refer to feminine nouns)

Related terms

él

				nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
first person	singular			yo	me		mí¹
	plural	masc.		nosotros	nos		nosotros
	plural	fem.		nosotras	nos		nosotras
second person	singular	tuteo		tú	te		ti¹
		voseo		vos	te		vos
		formal²		usted	le	lo/la³	usted
	plural	familiar⁴	masc.	vosotros	os		vosotros
		familiar⁴	fem.	vosotras	os		vosotras
		formal/general²		ustedes	les	los/las³	ustedes
third person	singular	masc.		él	le	lo	él
		fem.		ella		la	ella
		neut.		ello⁵		lo/la³	ello
	plural	masc.		ellos	les	los	ellos
	plural	fem.		ellas	les	las	ellas
	sing. & pl.	reflexive		—	se		sí¹

Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., "Se lo dije" instead of "Le lo dije")

¹ Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively

² Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity

³ Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to

⁴ Used primarily in Spain

⁵ Used only in rare circumstances

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Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Locative	Genitive	Disjunctive
Singular	third	m	esso¹, egli, elli³	si, s'	lo, l'	gli	vi, v'	ne, n'	esso, sé
Singular	third	f	essa, ella, Ella²	si, s'	la, l'	le, ella³	vi, v'	ne, n'	essa, sé
Plural	third	m	essi, eglino³, ellino³, elli³	si, s'	li	loro	vi, v'	ne, n'	essi, sé
Plural	third	f	esse, elle³, elleno³	si, s'	le	loro	vi, v'	ne, n'	esse, elle,³ sé
¹	Refers predominantly to non-humans.
²	Highly elevated variant of Lei.
³	Archaic.