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quello

that

pronoun determiner KWEHL-loh Common
Grammar & Structure Pronouns

Origin: from Latin eccum illum

Also means

that one

Usage Note

Quello points to things far from the speaker ('that'), opposite questo. As a determiner it patterns like the article il/lo, giving quel, quello, quei, quegli, quella, quelle. Standing alone it means 'that one'.

Examples

"Preferisco quello rosso."

Natural Translation

I prefer that red one.

Literal Translation

I-prefer that-one red.

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