No. 900 in Portuguese
aquilo
"That" (referring to something distant from both the speaker and listener).
In a sentence
Aquilo é incrível.
That is incredible.
In this sentence, 'aquilo' is used as a pronoun to refer to something farther away in context, emphasizing its remarkable nature.
Você viu aquilo na televisão?
Did you see that on television?
Here, 'aquilo' serves as a reference to something previously mentioned or understood in the conversation, indicating a specific event or detail.
Eu ainda não entendi aquilo que ele disse.
I still didn't understand what he said.
In this statement, 'aquilo' introduces a clause providing additional information about what was not understood, linking it with the content of the subordinate clause.
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