Juan Camilo
I'm using `\usepackage[spanish]{babel}
\usepackage{apacite}
\usepackage{natbib}` as packages for the cites but if there's more than three authors in a cite, for instance the output is "(Guillermo y cols., 2019)". How can I change the "y cols." for "et al."?.
Top Answer
Phelype Oleinik
`apacite` uses specific commands for localisation (in the file `spanish.apc` loaded at `\AtBeginDocument`) so you can just redefine them by adding this to your preamble after loading `apacite`:
```
\AtBeginDocument{%
\renewcommand{\BOthers}[1]{et al.\hbox{}}%
\renewcommand{\BOthersPeriod}[1]{et al.\hbox{}}%
}
```
> 
Compilable example:
```
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[spanish]{babel}
\usepackage{apacite}
\usepackage{natbib}
\AtBeginDocument{%
\renewcommand{\BOthers}[1]{et al.\hbox{}}%
\renewcommand{\BOthersPeriod}[1]{et al.\hbox{}}%
}
\begin{document}
\citep{inproceedings-full}
\bibliographystyle{apacite}
\bibliography{xampl}
\end{document}
```