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Aula grátisRelative pronouns introduce relative clauses. They refer back to a noun, pronoun, or idea previously mentioned and connect it to additional information. Unlike interrogatives and exclamatives, relative pronouns do not have a written accent.
| Relative | Number | Gender | Determiner | Pronoun | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| como | — | — | — | — | Lo haremos como proponen. (We'll do it as they suggest.) |
| cuando | — | — | — | — | Nos reunimos cuando quieras. (We'll meet whenever you want.) |
| cuanto / cuan | Singular | Masculine | Cuanto tiempo necesites. (As much time as you need.) | — | — |
| Singular | Feminine | Cuanta leche pueda usted beber. (As much milk as you can drink.) | — | — | |
| Singular | Neuter | — | Desprecia cuanto ignora. (He despises everything he doesn't know.) | Trabajó cuanto pudo. (He worked as much as he could.) | |
| Plural | Masculine | Cuantos amigos quieras. (As many friends as you want.) | — | — | |
| Plural | Feminine | Cuantas veces sea conveniente. (As many times as necessary.) | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | Tenido cuan largo era. (Archaic: "Considering how long it was.") | |
| cuyo | Singular | Masculine | Cuyo padre... (Whose father...) | (Archaic)La mujer cuyo era el hijo. (The woman whose the child was.) | — |
| Singular | Feminine | Cuya película... (Whose movie...) | (Archaic)Aquel cuya era la casa o la heredad. (The one whose house or estate it was.) | — | |
| Plural | Masculine | Cuyos amigos... (Whose friends...) | (Archaic)Los dioses cuyos son todos los bienes. | — | |
| Plural | Feminine | Cuyas hijas... (Whose daughters...) | (Archaic)Cuyas fueron estas cosas. | — | |
| donde | — | — | — | — | El sitio donde nos conocimos. (The place where we met.) |
| el cual / la cual / lo cual / los cuales / las cuales | Singular | Masculine | (Archaic)El cual modo quisieren... | El hombre al cual me refiero. (The man to whom I am referring.) | — |
| Singular | Feminine | (Archaic)La cual manera... | Una decisión interesante, con la cual no nos sentimos identificados. (An interesting decision with which we do not identify.) | — | |
| Singular | Neuter | — | Llegaba siempre tarde, por lo cual acabaron echándole. (He was always late, which is why they ended up firing him.) | — | |
| Plural | Masculine | (Archaic)Los cuales sucesos... | Los casos en los cuales participó. (The cases in which he participated.) | — | |
| Plural | Feminine | (Archaic)Las cuales causas... | Las razones de las cuales nos habló. (The reasons about which he spoke.) | — | |
| el que / la que / lo que / los que / las que | Singular | Masculine | — | El chico al que vimos. (The boy whom we saw.) | — |
| Singular | Feminine | — | Una idea de la que puedes partir. (An idea from which you can start.) | — | |
| Singular | Neuter | — | Eso de lo que te arrepientes. (That which you regret.) | — | |
| Plural | Masculine | — | Los amigos que tienes. (The friends that you have.) | — | |
| Plural | Feminine | — | Las tardes que vendrán. (The days that will come.) | — | |
| quien | Singular | Masc / Fem | — | El hombre (o la mujer) a quien vio. (The man (or woman) whom he saw.) | — |
| quienes | Plural | Masc / Fem | — | Los amigos (o las amigas) con quienes viajamos. (The friends with whom we traveled.) | — |
There has traditionally been debate about whether cuanto functions as a neuter pronoun or as an adverb when it modifies transitive verbs, as in:
This issue also affects other quantifiers such as mucho, poco, más, menos, etc., since they can often function either as noun phrases (mucho = "a large quantity") or as adverbial expressions (mucho = "a lot"), depending on the context. The classification may also be unclear with some intransitive verbs combined with temporal noun phrases, as in:
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