el
part of speech
noun (an el, els); abbreviation (El, the El); (Spanish) el
meaning for a pupil
1) The name of the letter L. tree →
2) (USA) the El or el: an elevated railway, a train on a raised track above the street, especially in Chicago. tree →
3) (Spanish) «el» means «the» before a masculine noun, as in El Paso or El Niño; it is not an English word. tree →
4) El Niño: a change in the Pacific Ocean that makes the weather unusual around the world. tree →
sense in the lessons
You meet «El» mostly in names: El Paso, El Salvador, El Niño, Los Angeles. In geography lessons El Niño is a warming of the Pacific that brings floods to some places and droughts to others. In Chicago people ride «the El» to school and work. Sound: like «ell».
examples
- In Chicago we rode the El over the city streets. tree →
- El Paso is a city in Texas; the name is Spanish for «the pass». tree →
- El Niño can bring heavy rain to Peru and droughts to Australia. tree →
- «El» is the Spanish word for «the». tree →
- El Salvador is a small country in Central America. tree →
- Write a capital el at the start of «London». tree →
note
As an English word it is rare. The letter's name is more often spelled «ell». In names it is Spanish and keeps its capital: El Salvador.
In the corpora
- and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
- And he called the name of that place Beth-el, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
- I am the God of Beth-el, where thou didst anoint a pillar, where thou didst vow a vow unto Me.
- And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
- And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Beth-el.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «el» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.