lo

pronoun

1. accusative of él and usted (when referring to a man), and a variant of ello in many constructions; him, you (formal), it, that

   “"¿Ves al hombre?" "Lo veo."”

2. Like other masculine words, masculine pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.

3. Treated as if it were third person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity.

4. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g. se lo dije instead of *le lo dije).

article

1. neuter definite article used only before nominalized adjectives: the, that which is

   “Haremos lo necesario.”