questi

Italian

Etymology

From Latin (ec)cu(m) istī (nominative masculine plural of iste).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwes.ti/
• Rhymes: -esti
• Hyphenation: qué‧sti

Determiner

questi

1. masculine plural of questo

Pronoun

questi

1. masculine plural of questo

Pronoun

questi m sg (literary)

1. (subject) the aforementioned person
   • 2001 February 7 [1995 November 8], “Torna il ciccione! [The fatty returns!]”, in Dragon Ball Z, season 10 (episodes 251 to 291), episode 282, spoken by the narrator (Mario Vittorio Scarabelli), dubbing of サタンをいじめるな!!元(がん)祖(そ)ブウ復(ふっ)活(かつ) (Satan o ijimeru na!! Ganso Bū fukkatsu, “Don't bully Satan!! Original Bū revival”):

     Vegeta ha preso il posto di Goku per permettergli di accumulare più energia possibile, ma, allo scadere del minuto chiesto dall'amico, pare che questi non sia riuscito ad ottenere il risultato sperato.

     Vegeta took Goku's place to allow him to accumulate as much energy as possible, but, at the end of the minute requested by the friend, it seems that he [the aforementioned: the friend; Goku] did not manage to obtain the hoped-for result.

   • 2002 November 5 [1997 November 3], “Rapina in banca [Bank robbery]”, in Detective Conan [Case Closed], episode 82, spoken by Sonoko Suzuki (Jasmine Laurenti), dubbing of 銀(ぎん)行(こう)強(ごう)盗(とう)殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん) (Ginkō gōtō satsujin jiken, “Bank robbery murder case”):

     Così, si è messo a cercarla nella giacca del signor Noboro perché si ricordava di aver visto il suo amico mentre la metteva in tasca; naturalmente non poteva sapere che questi aveva dato la sua metà a Conan. Se quanto dico è vero, i due pezzi d'involucro del pacchetto di caramelle dovrebbero combaciare.

     So, he started looking for it in Mister Noboru's jacket because he remembered having seen his friend while he was putting it in [his own] pocket; naturally he could not have known that he [the aforementioned: his friend; Mister Noboru] had given his half to Conan. If what I say is true, the two pieces of candy packet wrapping should match.

Usage notes

• Chiefly used as subject, questo is its disjunctive form.

See also

• altri
• codesti
• quegli

Further reading

• “Questi e altri pronomi soggetto (prontuario)”, in Enciclopedia dell'Italiano (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2011

Latin

Participle

questī

1. inflection of questus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular