aquel.
that (far from the speaker and listener)
Meaning & usage
that (far from the speaker and listener)
Quen é aquel home?
Where this word comes from
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.
that over there, yon (far from the speaker and the listener)
Quen é aquel?
Quen é aquela?
Where this word comes from
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.
je ne sais quoi, an imprecise positive quality
Esa muller tenche un aquel que me pon parvo.
cause, circumstance
Co aquel de que non se falan non se fixo o que había que facer.
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
Pásame o aquel de furar.
Where this word comes from
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.
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