This is the 46th most frequent Portuguese word.
ele
"He" (third-person singular masculine pronoun).
In this sentence, 'ele' serves as the subject pronoun referring to a male individual being described.
Ele é um bom amigo.
He is a good friend.
'Ele' refers back to the boy mentioned earlier in the sentence, functioning as a pronoun.
Vi um menino na praça, e ele parecia triste.
I saw a boy at the square, and he seemed sad.
Here, 'ele' is part of a conjunctive clause and expresses the subject pronoun 'he' as part of a hypothetical situation.