What does los mean in English?

Answer 1

The somewhat archaic English word 'lo' is used to call attention to something amazing. It is a form of 'Look!"

It is frequently found in the form 'Lo and behold', which essentially means "Look and see!"

'Lo and behold' is used as an introduction to some amazing fact, accomplished feat, or surprising sight.

e.g. "I was just thinking about telephoning my dear friend in (Australia? Alaska?) that I hadn't spoken to for many years, when, lo and behold, the phone rang, and it was her!"

'Lo and behold' can also used in a humorous or sarcastic way.

e.g. "One (mixed) class was told that boys generally performed worse in tests than girls; lo and behold, those boys did exactly that. ...." -The Independent (UK) online, October 21, 2010

In this example 'lo and behold' sarcastically draws attention to some obvious and inevitable outcome that was apparently unforseen by another.

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Answer 2

Most European languages have several forms of the word "the", depending on the noun they're modifying; English is kind of unusual in having only one. "Los" is the form used in Spanish for masculine plural nouns (if that doesn't make sense to you, don't worry about it ... you can just treat "los" as exactly equivalent to "the" when going from Spanish to English; you only need to understand the distinctions when you're going the opposite direction).

Answer 3

In Spanish, it would mean the word "The", but it would be referring to something that is both plural and masculine.