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esa

Spanish, pronoun

esa is spelled E-S-A (3 letters) and appears 776 times per million words in written Spanish, the 96th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esa is a Spanish feminine pronoun meaning “alternative spelling of ésa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of ese. With an accent, ésa is a different word: “feminine singular of ése”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Se emplea para indicar o señalar algo o a alguien próximo al interlocutor, o referirse a algo que este acaba…”.

What does esa mean in English?

pronoun

  1. 1

    femininealternative spelling of ésa

determiner

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of ese

pronoun

as ésa
  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of ése

suffix

as -esa
  1. 1

    femininefemale equivalent of -és

suffix

as -esa
  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of -és: -ese, -ish, -an, -ian

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

pronoun: 1. Se emplea para indicar o señalar algo o a alguien próximo al interlocutor, o referirse a algo que este acaba de mencionar. Designa también algo menos cercano en el tiempo o en el espacio que lo indicado por el pronombre "esta". 2. Después de un sustantivo, indica desprecio o enojo. 3. Designa la ciudad en que está quien va a leer algo escrito.

unknown: 1. Grafía obsoleta de esa, femenino de ese₂ (pronombre o adjetivo para indicar algo o a alguien que está un poco lejos de quien habla).

suffix: 1. Aparece en algunos femeninos irregulares.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of esa

  • aquesa alternative poetic
  • este error-unrecognized-form masculine proximal
  • ese error-unrecognized-form masculine medial
  • aquel distal error-unrecognized-form masculine
  • esta error-unrecognized-form feminine proximal
  • aquella distal error-unrecognized-form feminine
  • estos error-unrecognized-form masculine plural
  • esos error-unrecognized-form masculine medial
  • aquellos distal error-unrecognized-form masculine
  • estas error-unrecognized-form feminine plural
  • esas error-unrecognized-form feminine medial
  • aquellas distal error-unrecognized-form feminine
  • éste masculine proximal singular
  • ése masculine medial singular
  • aquél distal masculine singular
  • ésta feminine proximal singular
  • aquélla distal feminine singular
  • esto neuter proximal singular

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to esa

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is esa in Spanish?

esa appears 776 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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