Relative Pronouns — Defined

Relative Pronouns — Defined

A relative pronoun is a word used to connect a dependent clause with an independent clause by referring directly to a person or a thing mentioned in the first clause. The word to which the pronoun refers is called the antecedent.

He is the man who called.

Is this the book that you need?

In Spanish the most common relative pronoun is que, which may refer to persons or things and may be used as the subject or object of a verb.

Table of Relative Pronouns

Relative Pronouns
que	who; whom; that; which
el que, la que los que, las que	the one who/whom; the one which those who/whom; those which
lo que	what; whatever; that which
el cual, la cual los cuales, las cuales	the one who; the one which those who; those which
cuyo, cuya cuyos, cuyas	whose; of which