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le

/le/, [le]

him, le, you

Pronoun le

  1. to him, for him; dative of él
    Mi mamá va a escribirle una carta.
    My mom is going to write him a letter.
  2. to her, for her; dative of ella
    Le dio un beso a Ana.
    He gave Ana a kiss.
  3. to it, for it; dative of ello
    ¡Ponle esfuerzo!
    Put some effort into it!
  4. to you, for you (formal); dative of usted
    ¿A usted le gustan los caballos?
    Do you like horses?

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Tom le pidió a Mary que averiguara como postular para una visa.

    Tom asked Mary to find out how to apply for a visa.

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  • A Tom le gusta escuchar música de los ochenta.

    Tom likes to listen to music from the eighties.

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  • Ella le ayudó.

    She helped him.

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  • Jimmy insistió en que le llevara al zoo.

    Jimmy insisted on my taking him to the zoo.

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  • ¿Le estás escuchando?

    Are you listening to him?

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  • Ella le mostró mi fotografía.

    She showed him my picture.

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  • Lo que me preocupa de la religión es que le enseña a las personas a estar satisfechas con no comprender.

    What worries me about religion is that it teaches people to be satisfied with not understanding.

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  • No le cuentes a Tom lo que hemos hecho hoy.

    Don't tell Tom about what we did today.

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  • Quisiera que alguien le preguntara a Tom sobre eso.

    I'd like someone to ask Tom that.

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  • A Tom no le quedaba dinero.

    Tom had no money left.

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