Using the Spanish neuter article "lo" to refer to a clause, verb, adjective or adverb

The Spanish neuter article "lo" can refer to something that has been mentioned before as a clause, a verb or an adjective. For example:

When we have a sentence using estar + adverb like bien or mal, "lo" can also be used to refer to that adverb, for example:

Remember that in translation, the English may not use the article "it" because it's not always required in every case, but in Spanish we always use it. 

It is important to remember that the use of "lo" is compulsory in these cases. You cannot decide not to use it and leave the verb with no article even though this is possible in some cases in English:

For other uses of the neuter article lo see:

• Using neuter article Lo + adjective + ser in Spanish
• Using neuter article Lo + adverb/adjective + que + verb in Spanish

Remember that "lo" can also be a direct object pronoun:

• Using lo, la, los, las = him, her, it, them (direct object pronouns)