English Translation
People keep saying that she’s beautiful, but really, she isn’t.
What is the lo referring to here?
Is it the abstract concept of “es hermosa”?
Is it a set phrase, a filler word, or something similar?
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It saves the speaker from having to repeat the predicative, in this case “hermosa”. The sentence would be incomplete without it.
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Ah, OK, thanks for that.
I’d seen lo used to refer back to objects before in this way (irrespective of gender), but I don’t recall seeing it used for people, so now I know that it applies in this case as well.
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