cual

/ˈkwal/, [ˈkwal]

which, which one


Adverb cual

  1. (formal, literary) like, as, in the manner of

Pronoun cual (relative, plural cuales)

  1. (formal, literary) suchlike, like (which), such as
    Tal vez podrías probar de otra manera, cual es simplemente ignorarlo.
    Maybe you could try another way, like to simply ignore it.
    En cuanto a películas, me interesan mucho las de terror, cuales son la mayoría de las que se venden en esta tienda.
    As for movies, I'm very interested in horrors, suchlike are the majority of the ones sold in this store.

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Examples
  • Dijo que su padre estaba enfermo, lo cual era una mentira.

    He said his father was ill, which was a lie.

  • Ella dijo que estaba mala, lo cual fue mentira.

    She said that she was ill, which was a lie.

  • Argleton es un pueblo en West Lancashire, Inglaterra, el cual existe sólo en los mapas de Google.

    Argleton is a town in West Lancashire, England which exists only on Google maps.

  • Nuevamente ella cambió de opinión, lo cual nos molestó a todos.

    She changed her mind again, which made us all angry.

  • El hombre me preguntó quién era yo, a lo cual no consideré necesario responder.

    The man asked me who I was, but I didn't think I had to answer.

  • Dudé acerca de cual camino tomar.

    I hesitated about which road to take.

  • Ella dijo que tenía veinte años de edad, lo cual no era cierto.

    She said she was twenty years old, which was not true.

  • La matemática no tiene un soporte, sobre el cual pueda reposar, que no sea puramente metafísico.

    Mathematics has not a foot to stand upon which is not purely metaphysical.

  • En los EEUU, los vuelos en avión han llevado a los ferrocarriles a la bancarrota; lo mismo pasará con el esperanto y el inglés, solamente no se sabe cual de ellos es el ferrocarril.

    In the USA, airplanes have bankrupted the railways; the same will happen with Esperanto and English. People just don't know which one is the railway.

  • En aquella noche dejé mi propina debajo de una taza de café la cual dejé al revés en la mesa.

    That evening I left my tip under a coffee cup, which I left upside down on the table.

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