Aquéllas (en. Those)

aˈkeʎas

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

adjective

It refers to things or people that are further away in space or time.

Those were the best vacations of my life.

Aquéllas fueron las mejores vacaciones de mi vida.

Used to point out specific things in comparison with others.

I prefer the proposals you gave me last week, not those.

Prefiero las propuestas que me diste la semana pasada, no aquéllas.

It derives from the Latin 'aquella', which means 'that' in the feminine form.

those that were

refers to situations or things that happened in the past.

aquellas que fueron

do not let those be

indicates disagreement with a previously mentioned idea.

no sean aquéllas

that

singular feminine demonstrative pronoun that refers to something distant.

aquella

those

plural masculine demonstrative pronoun that refers to something distant.

aquellos

It is used in a colloquial context to refer to people from the past.

I always remember those from school.

Siempre me acuerdo de aquéllas del colegio.

It can sarcastically refer to things that are not preferred.

I prefer the new ones, not those.

Me gustan más las nuevas, no aquéllas.