este
Portuguese, determiner
este is spelled E-S-T-E (4 letters) and appears 1,122 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 80th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Este is a Portuguese determiner meaning “this (indicates something or someone nearby)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, êste is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”.
What does este mean in English?
determiner
- 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)
pronoun
- 1
this one (indicates something or someone nearby)
- 2
this one (indicates something or someone about to be mentioned)
- 3
this (which is current)
noun
- 1
masculineeast (one of the four principal compass points)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineeastern (of, situated in, or coming from the east)
determiner
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of este
pronoun
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of este
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. relativo a alguém ou alguma coisa que esteja perto de quem fala: 2. o lugar onde se está:
noun: 1. ponto cardeal leste
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of este
- esta feminine
- estes masculine plural
- estas feminine plural
- êste alternative
- isto neuter
- essa feminine
- essas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to este
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is este in Portuguese?
este appears 1,122 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).