# ello
## English
### Interjection

ello
* Pronunciation spelling of hello.

### Anagrams

* Loel

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* el

### Etymology

From Latin illum (“that”), from earlier olle, from Old Latin ollus (“he, that”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“beyond, other”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈel.lo/
* Rhymes: -ello
* Hyphenation: él‧lo

### Pronoun

ello m
* (archaic) he
    Synonyms: egli, lui, (archaic) elli

### Anagrams

* olle

## Jamaican Creole

* This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.For other Jamaican Creole entries on this topic, see Greetings.

### Alternative forms

* 'ello, hello

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈ(h)ɛloː/, /ˈ(h)ɛlɔː/
* Hyphenation: e‧llo

### Interjection

ello
* hello
** 2000, Jennifer Keane-Dawes, “The cellular”, in The Jamaica Gleaner‎ (in Jamaican Creole):“Ello? Ello? Wappen man? Yu nuh know a who a talk to yu? Tek two guess. […] ”Hello? Hello? What's up, man? Do you know who you're speaking to? You have two guesses. […]

#### See also

* wah gwaan
* weh yuh a seh
* weh yuh deh pon

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin illud, neuter of ille. See also lo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeʝo/ [ˈe.ʝo]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈeʝo/ [ˈe.ʝo]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈeʎo/ [ˈe.ʎo]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈeʃo/ [ˈe.ʃo]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈeʒo/ [ˈe.ʒo]
* Rhymes: -eʝo
* Rhymes: -eʝo
* Rhymes: -eʎo
* Rhymes: -eʃo
* Rhymes: -eʒo
* Syllabification: e‧llo

### Pronoun

ello
* (literary) it, neuter third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used only to refer to facts, sets of things, and indefinite things that have been mentioned before; generally used with prepositions and rarely used as a subject, except in literary style)

#### Derived terms

* en ello
* estar en ello

#### See also

| | | | | nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive |
| first person | singular | singular | singular | yo | me | me | mí$^1$ |
| first person | plural | masculine$^2$ | masculine$^2$ | nosotros | nos | nos | nosotros |
| first person | plural | feminine | feminine | nosotras | nos | nos | nosotras |
| second person | singular | tuteo | tuteo | tú | te | te | ti$^1$ |
| second person | singular | voseo | voseo | vos | te | te | vos |
| second person | singular | formal$^3$ | formal$^3$ | usted | le, se$^4$ | lo/la$^5$ | usted |
| second person | plural | familiar$^6$ | masculine$^2$ | vosotros | os | os | vosotros |
| second person | plural | familiar$^6$ | feminine | vosotras | os | os | vosotras |
| second person | plural | formal/general$^3$ | formal/general$^3$ | ustedes | les, se$^4$ | los/las$^5$ | ustedes |
| third person | singular | masculine$^2$ | masculine$^2$ | él | le, se$^4$ | lo | él |
| third person | singular | feminine | feminine | ella | le, se$^4$ | la | ella |
| third person | singular | neuter | neuter | ello$^7$ | le, se$^4$ | lo | ello |
| third person | plural | masculine$^2$ | masculine$^2$ | ellos | les, se$^4$ | los | ellos |
| third person | plural | feminine | feminine | ellas | les, se$^4$ | las | ellas |
| third person | reflexive | reflexive | reflexive | — | se | se | sí$^1$ |
* Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
* 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.
* Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
* 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)
* Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
* Used primarily in Spain
* Used only in rare circumstances

### Noun

ello m (uncountable)
* (psychoanalysis) (Freud's concept of) id

### Further reading

* “ello”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10