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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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, 2008–2026
• “aqueste”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025