# aquel
## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum ille (“that one”). Akin to Spanish aquel and Portuguese aquele.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈkel/
* Rhymes: -el
* Syllabification: a‧quel

### Determiner

aquel
* that

## Fala
### Alternative forms

* aquil

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese aquel, from Vulgar Latin *eccum ille.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈkel/
* Rhymes: -el
* Syllabification: a‧quel

### Determiner

aquel m sg (feminine aquela, masculine plural aquelis, feminine plural aquelas)
* that (far from the speaker and listener)

### Pronoun

aquel m sg (feminine aquela, masculine plural aquelis, feminine plural aquelas)
* that one (far from the speaker and listener)

### References

* Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* aquele (reintegrationist)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aquel, from Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, a compound of Latin eccum and ille. Cognate with Portuguese aquele and Spanish aquel, among others.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈkel/ [ɑˈkeɫ]
* Rhymes: -el
* Hyphenation: a‧quel

### Determiner

aquel
* that (far from the speaker and listener)
    Quen é aquel home? ― Who is that man?

### Pronoun

aquel m (plural aqueles, feminine aquela, feminine plural aquelas, neuter aquilo) (definite demonstrative pronoun)
* that over there, yon (far from the speaker and the listener)
    Quen é aquel? ― Who is that [man or boy over there]?
    Quen é aquela? ― Who is that [woman or girl over there]?
    Que é aquilo? ― What is that [thing/animal/plant over there]?

#### Usage notes

The demonstrative contracts with the prepositions de (“of”) and en (“in”):
* daquel, daquela, daqueles, daquelas, daquilo
* naquel, naquela, naqueles, naquelas, naquilo

#### See also

* Appendix:Galician pronouns

### Noun

aquel m (plural aqueles, feminine aquela, feminine plural aquelas)
* (informal) je ne sais quoi, an imprecise positive quality
    Esa muller tenche un aquel que me pon parvo. ― That woman has a je ne sais quoi that makes me crazy.
* (informal) cause, circumstance
    Co aquel de que non se falan non se fixo o que había que facer. ― With the excuse that they don't speak each other what must be done wasn't done.
* (informal) thingy; used instead of any other noun, either because the speaker don't want to mention it, or because they cann't find the appropriate word
    Synonyms: conto, couso
    Pásame o aquel de furar. ― Hand me that thingy of piercing.

#### Derived terms

* aquelar
* co aquel

#### Related terms

* aqueste
* aquestar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aquel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aquel”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aquel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aquel”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aquel”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* aqueth (Gascony)

### Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, a compound of Latin eccum and ille.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.kɛl/
* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Adjective

aquel (f aquela, m pl aqueles, f pl aquelas)
* this, this one

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, a compound of Latin eccum and ille.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈkel/ [aˈkel]
* Audio (Latin America):(file)
* Rhymes: -el
* Syllabification: a‧quel

### Determiner

aquel m sg (feminine aquella, masculine plural aquellos)
* (demonstrative) that (over there; implying some distance)

#### Derived terms

* en aquel entonces
* por aquel entonces

### Pronoun

aquel
* (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of aquél

#### Usage notes

* The unaccented form can function as a pronoun if it can be unambiguously deduced as such from context.

### 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

* “aquel”, 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