este

determiner

1. this

   “Este perro es mío.”

pronoun

1. alternative spelling of éste

   “Este es mi perro.”

2. Like other masculine words, masculine pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.

3. Treated as if it were third person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity.

4. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g. se lo dije instead of *le lo dije).

interjection

1. uh, well (space filler in a conversation)

   “Este... ¿qué estabas diciendo?”

noun

1. east