a ellas

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a ˈeʝas/ [a ˈe.ʝas] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /a ˈeʎas/ [a ˈe.ʎas] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /a ˈeʃas/ [a ˈe.ʃas] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /a ˈeʒas/ [a ˈe.ʒas] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Syllabification: a e‧llas

Adverb

neck and neck; tied

Further reading

“a ellas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025