15.3.1 Referring
a larger context without prepositions
The relative pronoun for relative clauses that refer to
larger contexts are lo que / lo
cual. Lo
is the neutral article that describes a context, que
/ cual are the relative pronouns we already know.
Therefore this is not different in the logic from that
what we have seen with single elements.
what,
which = lo que / lo cual
Dijo lo que quería.
= He said what he
wanted
Hace lo que le
da la gana.
= She does what she
wants to.
El coche se estropeó lo que fue
una gran pérdida.
= The car was wrecked
which was a big loss.
Perdí mi monedero lo cual fue
una catástrofe.
= I lost my wallet,
which was a catastrophe.
No se lo dijo lo cual estuvo bastante mal.
= He didn't tell him
anything what was quite bad.
A pesar de la lluvia
salimos, lo que fue
una mala idea.
= Despite the rain
we went out which was a bad idea.
No me interesa lo
que dice ni lo que piensa
ni su persona en general.
= I do not care what
he says nor what he thinks nor the person
in general.
all
that = todo / todos lo que
El
sabe todo,
lo que nosotros queremos saber.
= He
knows all that we want to know
Es la mejor solución
para todos los que estén buscando trabajo.
= This is the best
solution for all that are searching
for employment.
something
that / nothing that = que (without lo!)
El
sabe algo que no quiere decirnos.
= He knows something
that he doesn't want to tell us.
El no sabe nada que nos pueda interesar.
= He doesn't know
anything that could be interesting for
us.
