# el

**Part of speech:** PRON  
**Frequency rank:** #8 most common Romanian word  
**Language:** Romanian

Romanian third-person masculine singular pronoun: "he, him, it". It is also used in the fixed forms of the definite article and in some demonstrative contrasts.

## Meanings

- **he; him** — subject or object pronoun for a masculine singular person, animal, or sometimes a masculine noun understood from context
- **it; that one (masculine)** — refers to a masculine singular thing or idea when the noun is omitted or clear from context

## Example sentences

- El vorbește românește foarte bine. — _He speaks Romanian very well._
- L-am sunat, dar el nu a răspuns. — _I called him, but he didn’t answer._
- Nu el a spus asta. — _It wasn’t him who said that._

## Forms

o, -l, el, -o, -i, ea, l-, le, îl, ei, îi, i-, le-, i, ele, -le, l, lui, li, lor

## Nearby words by frequency

- [nu](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/nu)
- [fi](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/fi)
- [de](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/de)
- [să](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/s%C4%83)
- [eu](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/eu)
- [tu](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/tu)
- [ce](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/ce)
- [și](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/%C8%99i)
- [că](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/c%C4%83)
- [la](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/la)
- [în](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/%C3%AEn)
- [vrea](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/vrea)

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Source: [https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/el](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/el) — MostSpoken Romanian frequency dictionary.