# ellas
## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Latin illas (“those ones”). Akin to Spanish ellas and Portuguese elas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeʎas/
* Rhymes: -eʎas
* Syllabification: e‧llas

### Pronoun

ellas
* they (third-person plural feminine pronoun)

#### Synonyms

* els

## Portuguese
### Pronoun

ellas f pl
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of elas.

## Romansch
### Etymology

From Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.

### Pronoun

ellas
* they f

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeʝas/ [ˈe.ʝas]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈeʝas/ [ˈe.ʝas]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈeʎas/ [ˈe.ʎas]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈeʃas/ [ˈe.ʃas]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈeʒas/ [ˈe.ʒas]
* Audio (Mexico):(file)
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eʝas
* Rhymes: -eʝas
* Rhymes: -eʎas
* Rhymes: -eʃas
* Rhymes: -eʒas
* Syllabification: e‧llas

### Pronoun

ellas f pl
* they, them (used subjectively and after prepositions; can refer to women and feminine nouns)

#### Derived terms

* a ellas

#### Related terms

* él
* ella
* ello
* ellos

#### 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

### Further reading

* “ellos”, 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