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What does lo mean in “Carlos lo prueba”?
Hear how lo replaces el melón in a short Spanish example. Follow the transcript and try replacing another masculine noun.
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Carlos compra el melón.
Carlos buys the melon.
Carlos lo prueba.
Carlos tastes it.
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What does lo stand for? Listen to these two sentences. Carlos compra el melón. Carlos buys the melon. Carlos lo prueba. Carlos tastes it. Here, lo replaces el melón. We already know what Carlos is tasting, so we don't need to say the melon again.
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In this example, lo refers to el melón. It replaces the thing Carlos tastes, so the noun does not need to be repeated.
Lo goes before the conjugated verb here: Carlos lo prueba. A feminine singular direct object uses la instead.
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