aqueste

Asturian

Alternative forms

• aquesti, aquisti

Etymology

Inherited from Old Leonese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, from Latin eccum + iste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈkeste/ [aˈkes̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -este
• Syllabification: a‧ques‧te

Pronoun

aqueste m (masculine aqueste, masculine aquesti, neuter aquesto, feminine aquesta, masculine plural aquestos, feminine plural aquestes)

1. (archaic) this, this here

   Synonym: esti

   Aqueste ye'l llar que siempre quixi

   This here is the home I always wanted

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aqueste (“this”), from Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, from Latin eccum with iste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈkestɪ]

Pronoun

aqueste m (feminine aquesta, masculine plural aquestes, feminine plural aquestas)

1. (Bierzo) this

   Synonym: este

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “aqueste”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “aqueste”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aqueste”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aqueste”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Mirandese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, from Latin eccum with iste.

Pronoun

aqueste m (feminine aquesta, masculine plural aquestes, feminine plural aquestas)

1. (archaic) this (masculine thing)

   Synonym: este

See also

Mirandese demonstratives (edit)
		Pronouns					Adverbs
		Singular		Plural		Neuter
		Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Proximal	X	este, aqueste	esta, aquesta	estes, aquestes	estas, aquestas	esto, isto, aquesto, aquisto	eiqui, acá
	de + X	deste, daqueste	desta, daquesta	destes, daquestes	destas, daquestas	desto, disto, daquesto, daquisto	deiqui
	an + X	neste, naqueste	nesta, naquesta	nestes, naquestes	nestas, naquestas	nesto, nisto, naquesto, naquisto	—
Medial	X	esse, aquesse	essa, aquessa	esses, aquesses	essas, aquessas	esso, isso, aquesso, aquisso	alhi, eilhi
	de + X	desse, daquesse	dessa, daquessa	desses, daquesses	dessas, daquessas	desso, disso, daquesso, daquisso	dalhi, deilhi
	an + X	nesse, naquesse	nessa, naquessa	nesses, naquesses	nessas, naquessas	nesso, nisso, naquesso, naquisso	—
Distal	X	aquel	aqueilha	aqueilhes	aqueilhas	aqueilho, aquilho	alhi, alhá
	de + X	daquel	daqueilha	daqueilhes	daqueilhas	daqueilho, daquilho	dalhi, dalhá
	an + X	naquel	naqueilha	naqueilhes	naqueilhas	naqueilho, naquilho	—

Occitan

Alternative forms

• aquest

Etymology

Inherited from Old Occitan aquest (“this”), from Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, from Latin eccum with iste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈkeste/

• Audio (Béarn):

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Determiner

aqueste (feminine aquesta, masculine plural aquestes, feminine plural aquestas)

1. this

Pronoun

aqueste

1. this (masculine thing)

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, from Latin eccum with iste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈkes.te/

Pronoun

aqueste

1. this (masculine thing)

Descendants

• Fala: aquesti
• Galician: aqueste (Bierzo)
• Portuguese: aqueste (Beira)

Old Navarro-Aragonese

Etymology

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Pronoun

aqueste

1. alternative form of aquesti (“this”)

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, from Latin eccum with iste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈkeste/

Pronoun

aqueste

1. this (masculine thing)

Descendants

• Spanish: aqueste

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aqueste (“this”), from Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, from Latin eccum with iste.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈkes.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈkes.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈkeʃ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈkes.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈkeʃ.tɨ/

Pronoun

aqueste (feminine aquesta, masculine plural aquestes, feminine plural aquestas, neuter aquisto) (definite demonstrative pronoun)

1. (archaic, dialectal, Beira) this

   Synonym: este

   Instituto Camões — Registros Sonoros, Monsanto 2

Further reading

• “aqueste”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “aqueste”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish aqueste (“this”), from Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, from Latin eccum with iste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈkeste/ [aˈkes.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -este
• Syllabification: a‧ques‧te

Determiner

aqueste m (plural aquestos, feminine aquesta, feminine plural aquestas)

1. (poetic) alternative form of este

Pronoun

aqueste m (plural aquestos, neuter aquesto, feminine aquesta, feminine plural aquestas)

1. (poetic) alternative form of este

See also

• aquel

Further reading

• “aqueste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024