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este.

this (indicates something or someone nearby)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

det/ˈes.t͡ʃi/Brazil/ˈeʃ.t͡ʃi/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈeʃ.tɨ/Portugal/ˈeʃ.tɪ/Northeast-Brazil
  1. this (indicates something or someone nearby)

  2. that (indicates something or someone just mentioned)

  3. this (indicates something or someone about to be mentioned)

  4. this (which is current)

Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese este (displacing collateral form aqueste), from Latin iste.

pron/ˈes.t͡ʃi/Brazil/ˈeʃ.t͡ʃi/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈeʃ.tɨ/Portugal/ˈeʃ.tɪ/Northeast-Brazil
  1. this one (indicates something or someone nearby)

    definite · demonstrative · pronoun
  2. this one (indicates something or someone about to be mentioned)

    definite · demonstrative · pronoun
  3. this (which is current)

    definite · demonstrative · pronoun
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese este (displacing collateral form aqueste), from Latin iste.

noun/ˈɛs.t͡ʃi/Brazil/ˈɛʃ.t͡ʃi/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈɛʃ.tɨ/Portugal
  1. east (one of the four principal compass points)

    definite · demonstrative · masculine · pronoun · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French est, from Old English ēast, from Proto-Germanic *austrą (“east”), from Proto-Indo-European *aus- (“eastern”).

adj/ˈɛs.t͡ʃi/Brazil/ˈɛʃ.t͡ʃi/Rio-de-Janeiro/ˈɛʃ.tɨ/Portugal
  1. eastern (of, situated in, or coming from the east)

    definite · demonstrative · feminine · masculine · pronoun
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French est, from Old English ēast, from Proto-Germanic *austrą (“east”), from Proto-Indo-European *aus- (“eastern”).

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