Lo + de + nounThis succinctly approximates to English ‘the matter of’, ‘the business about’:
Lo del agua es un problema grave.
The water situation is a serious problem.Lo queApproximates in English to ‘the thing which’, ‘what’:Lo que nos sorprendió fue su dominio del inglés.
What surprised us was her excellent English.
For lo queand lo cualas relative pronouns see Chapter 25.Lo in idiomatic expressionsLo also occurs in a number of fixed phrases (usually involving a, deor por):
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