Polyglot Dictionary

este

/ˈeste/

el noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
estes

Meaning

  1. east

    • Viven en el este del país.

      They live in the east of the country.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

oriente

este is the everyday, general word for "east," the compass direction; oriente is more literary or geopolitical, "the Orient," the East as a region or cultural concept.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

leste

leste is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "east."

Practice

1 What does este mean?

2 Fill the gap: Viven en el ___ del país.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches este?

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