Meanings (ES + gloss)
la • le • lo
The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement (known as the dummy pronoun, dummy it or weather it).
It is nearly 10 o’clock.
It’s 10:45.
Phrases
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ellas • elle • elles • ellos • se
A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 20th c.) non-binary.
Somebody requested a seat at Friday's performance but didn't say if they preferred the balcony or the floor.
Who says they care? —He himself does.
se • una • uno
People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.
They didn’t have computers in the old days.
They say it’s a good place to live.
Phrases
as they comeas they saygeneric theyif pigs had wings they would flyit doesn't matter what they say about you as long as they spell your name rightlet the chips fall where they maylet the dice fall where they maythat's why they play the gamethey hate us 'cause they ain't usthey hit the Pentagonthey saythey-unstheyfriendwill-they-won't-they