Demonstrative Adjectives

Demonstrative adjectives are used to “point out” nouns in terms of their physical relationship (proximity) to the speaker. In the phrase: Este carro, the demonstrative adjective "este" explains which car you are talking about (this car). Spanish demonstrative adjectives are listed in the table on the right.

Let's review how demonstrative adjectives are used:

Este vecindario. - This neighborhood.
Martille estos clavos. - Hammer in these nails.
Esta ciudad. - This city.
Quiero esta pluma. - I want this pen.
Ese cepillo es nuevo. - That brush is new.
Esa taza es grande. - That cup is big.
Yo elijo esas píldoras. - I choose those pills.
Quiero aquel coche. - I want that car (far away from the speaker).
Quiero aquella silla. - I want that chair (far away from the speaker).
Aquellos zapatos son viejos. - Those shoes are old.

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Singular	Plural
este	estos	this, these (m)
esta	estas	this, these (f)
ese	esos	that, those (m)
esa	esas	that, those (f)
aquel	aquellos	that over there, those over there (m)
aquella	aquellas	that over there, those over there (f)