Italian

Adjective

quegli m pl

1. plural of quello

Usage notes

• Used before a vowel or an impure consonant

Etymology 2

From earlier quelli, from a contraction of Vulgar Latin *(ec)cu, from Latin eccum + *illi (modified form of Latin ille). Literally “Here [is] that [person]”.

Alternative forms

• quelli (obsolete)

Pronoun

quegli m

1. (archaic) Used to refer to someone distant in terms of space or time from the speaker; that (person) (as a subject)