individuarlo

Individuarlo is a Spanish verb phrase formed by the verb individuar with the masculine direct object pronoun lo, meaning “to identify him” or “to single him out.” The base verb individuar carries senses such as identifying, locating, or distinguishing an individual within a group, or selecting a person as a unique subject. The clitic lo marks the masculine referent.

The term is used primarily in formal, technical, or investigative language, including law enforcement, criminology, psychology, and data analysis. In these contexts, individuarlo can denote locating a specific person within a context or dataset. In practice, individuar can be interchangeable with identificar in many contexts, though some registers favor one term over the other depending on tone and field.

Examples illustrate its use in sentences such as: La policía logró individuarlo entre la multitud. El analista de datos puede individuarlo dentro del conjunto de registros. Es necesario individuarlo para concluir la investigación. The infinitive form with the clitic also appears in constructions like Hay que individuarlo, or Es probable que se haya individuarlo en etapas posteriores.

Notes: the noun form individuación is used in philosophy and biology to refer to the process of distinguishing or identifying a particular entity, while identificación is more common for general identification. The pronoun lo agrees with the gender and number of the referenced person or object, yielding otras variantes como individuarla, individuarlo, o individuarlos según el caso.