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/hi/ /heɪː/

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noun

El que persigue

The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".

Examples :

"The children playing tag chose "he" to be the person chasing them. "

Los niños que jugaban al pilla-pilla eligieron al que persigue.

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noun

El jugador que intenta atrapar a los demás

The player attempting to catch the others in this game.

Examples :

"He is the tagger in our game of tag. "

Él es el que atrapa en nuestro juego del pilla-pilla.

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noun

Un hombre

Examples :

"Is your cat a he or a she?"

¿Tu gato es un hombre o una mujer?

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pronoun

Él

(personal) A male person or animal already known or implied.

Examples :

"He went to school today. "

Él fue a la escuela hoy.

person human grammar essential

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pronoun

Él

(personal, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant.

Examples :

"The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna?"

El reglamento establece claramente que "si algún estudiante es sorprendido haciendo trampa, será expulsado", y a ti te pillaron haciendo trampa, ¿verdad, Anna?

person human language grammar essential

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pronoun

Él

(personal) An animal whose gender is unknown.

Examples :

"The lost kitten, still very young, was brought to the shelter. He was thin and scared. "

El gatito perdido, aún muy joven, fue llevado al refugio. Él estaba delgado y asustado.

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pronoun

Él

A genderless object regarded as masculine, such as certain stars (e.g. Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter) or certain ships.

Examples :

"He, the Sun, is a powerful star. "

Él, el Sol, es una estrella poderosa.

grammar astronomy nautical mythology literature essential

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noun

El nombre de la quinta letra de muchos alfabetos semíticos

The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

Examples :

"The teacher wrote the letter "he" on the board, explaining its shape in the Phoenician alphabet. "

El profesor escribió la letra "he" en la pizarra, explicando su forma en el alfabeto fenicio.

language writing word linguistics history essential

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noun

El nombre de la primera letra del abjad árabe meridional antiguo

The name of the first letter of the Old South Arabian abjad.

Examples :

"The teacher wrote the letter "he" on the board, explaining that it was the first letter of the Old South Arabian alphabet. "

El profesor escribió la letra "he" en la pizarra, explicando que era la primera letra del abjad árabe meridional antiguo.

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interjection

Jaja, jeje

(usually reduplicated) An expression of laughter.

Examples :

""He, he!" exclaimed Amelia, giggling at the silly mistake her brother made. "

¡Jaja, jeje! - exclamó Amelia, riendo ante el error tonto que cometió su hermano.

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