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aquello

that (thing), that, that (over there), that thing

a ˈk e ʝ o → aquel
pronoun · third Common #8,462
that (thing), that Neutral demonstrative pronoun; used for ideas or things in general (not masculine/feminine nouns).
SP: ¿Qué es aquello?
EN: What is that?
Forms of aquel
aquelloaquelaquélaquellaaquellos

Apuesto todo lo que tengo, aquello en lo que creo, a que es el verdadero diario.

I'm betting everything I have, everything I believe in, that it's the real diary.

— Atlantis: El imperio perdido (2001)

Él siempre se queja por esto y aquello.

He's always complaining about this and that.

Un poco de esto y de aquello.

A little bit of this and that.

Aquello era un desastre.

That was a disaster.

Dicen que la vida es esto por aquello.

They say life is one thing for another.

— Chicago (2002)

Aquello fue ridículo.

That was ridiculous.

— Deseo, peligro (2007)

Aquello tampoco me ayudaba.

That didn't help me either.

— Perdición (1944)

No sé por qué estaba ocurriendo aquello.

I don't know why that was happening.

Tengo miedo que me diga algo de aquello.

I'm afraid he'll tell me something about that.

— Ladrón de bicicletas (1948)

Me gustaba aquello.

I liked that.

— Hermano 2 (2000)

Eres aquello que haces, no aquello que dices que harás.

You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.

Un poco de esto, un poco de aquello.

A little of this, a little of that.

— Malcolm X (1992)

Ah Niu se va del mundo en paz, ya que ha hecho todo aquello que tenía que hacer.

Ah Niu leaves this world in peace, having done everything he needed to do.

— Fearless - Sin miedo (2006)

No quiero esto, quiero aquello.

I don't want this; I want that.

Esto y aquello.

This and that.

Es bonito aquello?

Is that beautiful?

— Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal (2001)

Se desabrochó el pantalón diciendo siempre que aquello no era malo.

He unbuttoned his pants, always saying that there was nothing wrong with it.

— Volver (2006)

Un poco de esto y aquello.

A little bit of this and that.

Aquello de que siempre haces daño a quien amas funciona en ambos sentidos.

The saying that you always hurt the one you love works both ways.

— El club de la lucha (1999)

Un ignorante es aquél que no sabe aquello que acabas de descubrir.

An ignorant person is someone who doesn’t know what you’ve just discovered.

Él desperdició aquello que había recibido de su padre.

He squandered what he had received from his father.

Aquello que poseemos podemos perderlo.

What we possess we can lose.

Pero aquello solo fue el principio de una larga pesadilla.

But that was only the beginning of a long nightmare.

— Durante la tormenta (2018)

Pues de esto y aquello.

Well, a bit of this and that.

— Burning (2018)

Esto es menor que aquello.

This is less than that.

Es todo aquello por lo que entramos en esto.

It's everything we got into this for.

La vida es todo aquello que nos pasa mientras uno está ocupado con otros planes.

Life is what happens to us while we're busy making other plans.

Quiero encontrar algo como aquello.

I want to find something like that.

Un poco de esto y un poco de aquello.

A little of this and a little of that.

Aquello era una locura.

That was madness.

— Anaconda (2025)

Todo aquello que es demasiado tonto para ser dicho, se canta.

Everything that is too silly to be said, is sung.

Aquello ha pasado hoy.

That happened today.

Estoy seguro de que aquello fue útil.

I'm sure that was useful.

En lugar de esto, tomo aquello.

Instead, I take that.

Sami le dijo aquello a su jefe.

Sami told that to his boss.

Nos sentamos a conversar de esto y aquello.

We sat down to talk about this and that.

Muy ocupado con esto, aquello y lo otro.

Very busy with this, that and the other.

Yo sé lo que es aquello.

I know what that is.

Tienes razón sobre aquello.

You're right about that.

Estoy segura de que aquello fue útil.

I'm sure that was useful.

Algunos dicen esto, otros dicen aquello.

Some say this, others say that.

Tú eres aquello que haces, no aquello que dices que harás.

You are what you do, not what you say you will do.

pronoun · third singular Uncommon #10,139
that (over there), that thing Neutral demonstrative pronoun for something not near the speaker (often at a distance or already mentioned).
SP: ¿Qué es aquello que se ve en la montaña?
EN: What is that thing you can see on the mountain?

Sami leyó aquello.

Sami read that.

A Tom se le daba bien aquello.

Tom was good at that.

Parecía que Tom estaba convencido de que tenía que hacer aquello.

It seemed that Tom was convinced that he had to do that.

Todos vimos aquello.

We all saw that.

No creo que Tom sea el primero en hacer aquello.

I don't think Tom is the first to do that.

Y después de aquello, desapareció.

And after that, he disappeared.

— Contratiempo (2017)

Él arriesgó su vida por aquello.

He risked his life for that.

No consigue adaptarse a aquello.

He is unable to adapt to that.

— Comer, beber, amar (1994)

Pero luego pensó que, siendo realistas, aquello era su vida.

But then he thought that, realistically, that was his life.

— It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)

Aquello es mejor que Tokio para dos viejos.

That place is better than Tokyo for two old men.

— Cuentos de Tokio (1953)

Todo aquello quedó en nada.

It all came to nothing.

Aquello no es una cosa que yo normalmente haría.

That’s not something I would normally do.

Dicen que aquello no fue un apropiado tributo.

They say that wasn't a proper tribute.

— Vivir (1952)

Aquello fue el colmo para los enemigos de Robert.

That was the last straw for Robert's enemies.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Fue tonto de mi parte creer aquello.

It was foolish of me to believe that.

Tuve un buen motivo para hacer aquello.

I had a good reason for doing that.

Estaba disfrutando aquello.

I was enjoying that.

A mi hermano le interesa aquello que llaman música pop.

My brother is interested in what they call pop music.

Te agradezco que me ayudaras con aquello.

Thank you for helping me with that.

Creyó que aquello sólo le ocurría a él.

He thought that only happened to him.

— Solaris (1972)

Fue tan agradable poder hablar de aquello.

It was so nice to be able to talk about it.

Pero no pienses en aquello en lo que creo que quiero que pienses.

But don't think about what I think I want you to think about.

— Ahora me ves 3 (2025)

Cortarse su propia cabeza por aquello una maldita broma, ¿no crees?

Cutting off one's own head over that—it's a damn joke, don't you think?

— Caché (Escondido) (2005)

Mi mujer se hundió cuando entendió lo que aquello significaba.

My wife was devastated when she understood what that meant.

— Contratiempo (2017)

Ninguno estábamos preparados para aquello.

None of us were prepared for that.

— Zeta (2026)

Nunca volví a ver a Tom después de aquello.

I never saw Tom again after that.

Me podría meter en problemas si hiciera aquello.

I could get into trouble if I did that.

Tomás nunca supo aquello.

Tomás never knew that.

Creían que aquello era un mal necesario.

They believed that it was a necessary evil.

Tom no quería hacer aquello.

Tom didn't want to do that.

Consigues aquello por lo que pagas.

You get what you pay for.

Nadie vio aquello.

Nobody saw that.

Aquello es una locura.

That is crazy.

Aquello no fue en Berlín.

That didn’t happen in Berlin.

— El cielo sobre Berlín (1987)

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aquella a ˈk e ʝ a