Los Pronombres (general) 

Pronouns are, as the name indicates, word that are used in place of nouns (a person, animal, thing, event, etc.) Pronouns are used to avoid the repetition of persons, animals, things, events etc. previously mentioned, called antecedents:
 
Juan plays the trumpet. = He plays the trumpet. Juan toca la trompeta. = Él toca la trompeta.
Juan plays with María. = Juan plays with her. Juan juega con María. = Juan juega con ella.
He hasn't any brothers. = He hasn't any. Él no tiene ningún hermano. Él no tiene ninguno

Depending upon the grammatical function of the noun that gets replaced by a pronoun we make a difference between:

  • Personal Pronouns (pronombres personales)
    • Subject pronouns (that stand for the grammatical subject) (pronombres de sujeto)
    • Object pronouns (that stand for the grammatical direct or indirect object) (pronombres de complemento directo, indirecto o preposicional)
    • Reflexive Pronouns (that refer back to the subject of the sentence) (pronombres reflexivos)
  • Interrogative Pronouns (that are used to ask for persons, animals, things, events, etc.) (pronombres interrogativos)
  • Demonstrative Pronouns (that are used to point out persons or things) (pronombres demostrativos)
  • Possessive Pronouns (that are used to show possession or ownership) (pronombres posesivos)
  • Relative Pronouns (that are used to introduce relative clauses) (pronombres relativos)
  • Indefinite Pronouns (that are used to refer to unidentified persons or things) (pronombres indefinidos)