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el

Pronunciation: /el/

“el” is a Spanish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

article

  1. masculine singular definite article; the
  2. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed /a/

In Spanish

  1. Por razones de eufonía, antecede a sustantivos femeninos en singular que comienzan con el fonema /ˈa/ ("a-" o "ha-" tónicas), en cuyo caso sustituye al artículo determinado femenino singular, la. El sustantivo mismo continúa siendo femenino.

Etymology

From Latin ille. False cognate of Arabic ال (al-).

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