/ˈeste/

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Translation

this

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Word origin

From Latin iste ('this one, that of yours'), the demonstrative for things near the speaker.

Origin
Latin
Root
iste

Grammar

Feminineesta
Masc pluralestos
Fem pluralestas

Examples

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This is the book I told you about last week.

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This week has been very complicated for everyone.

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These shoes are too big for me.

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This is what I need for the project.

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We set off towards the east at dawn.

Este is the masculine-singular demonstrative for something physically or conceptually near the speaker. The four other forms - feminine esta, masculine plural estos, feminine plural estas, and neuter esto - all share this lemma page.

The neuter esto refers to concepts, actions, or situations rather than specific gendered nouns. Use it for the moment before you name the thing, for abstract ideas, or to refer back to an entire clause just mentioned. Once you know the noun's gender, switch to este or esta.

The Real Academia made the diacritic on éste, ésta, éstos, éstas optional in 2010 and now recommends the unaccented forms in all uses. Older texts and traditionalists still write the accent on the pronoun use.

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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 7: este, ya, ahora and 11 more words.