Word
Este tipo é novo.
Meaning
This type is new.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Questions & Answers about Este tipo é novo.
What does este mean here?
Este is a demonstrative adjective, roughly this in English.
In Este tipo é novo, it points to someone or something near the speaker, or something the speaker is mentally focusing on right now.
In modern Brazilian Portuguese, though, many speakers often use esse where older or more formal grammar would prefer este. So in everyday speech, you may hear Esse tipo é novo more often than Este tipo é novo.
What is the difference between este, esse, and aquele?
These words all mean something like this/that, but they differ by distance.
- este = this, near the speaker
- esse = that, near the listener or already mentioned
- aquele = that over there, farther from both
In traditional grammar:
- este tipo = this guy / this type
- esse tipo = that guy / that type
- aquele tipo = that guy over there / that type over there
In Brazil, everyday speech often blurs the distinction between este and esse, so esse is very common even when this would be expected in English.
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