FromLatinillis, dative plural ofille. CompareGalicianlles,Spanishles.

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• Hyphenation:lhes

lhes m pl orf plby sense

1. indirect object ofeles andelas

   Synonyms:aeles,aelas,paraeles,paraelas

2. indirect object ofvocês,os senhores, andas senhoras

   Synonyms:avocês,aossenhores,àssenhoras,paravocês,paraossenhores,paraassenhoras

3. (colloquial, Brazil, proscribed)direct object ofvocês

   Synonym:vocês

4. (colloquial, Brazil, proscribed)direct object ofeles andelas

   Synonyms:eles,elas

• Like other Portuguese clitic pronouns,lhes should not be used to begin a sentence. In this situation, place the pronoun after the verb, attached with a hyphen. However, this rule is not followed in Brazilian speech, which always places clitic pronouns before the verb or avoids them entirely by the use of strong subject pronouns following the verb.
• In Brazilian speech,lhes is most commonly used only to replacevocês, noteles orelas.

  Dei-lhes uma camisa.(Portugal) ―I gavethem/you (plural) a shirt.

  Lhes dei uma camisa.(Brazil) ―I gaveyou (plural) a shirt.

  Deipara vocês uma camisa.(Brazil) ―I gaveyou (plural) a shirt.

  Deipara eles/elas uma camisa.(Brazil) ―I gavethem a shirt.

• Synonyms are preferred instead, if used after the verb and its direct object.

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