Ese pueblo tiene menos de mil personas, pero en verano hay mucha vida en la plaza.

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Breakdown of Ese pueblo tiene menos de mil personas, pero en verano hay mucha vida en la plaza.

• en: in
• pero: but
• ese: that

Questions & Answers about Ese pueblo tiene menos de mil personas, pero en verano hay mucha vida en la plaza.

Why does the sentence use ese pueblo and not este pueblo?

Ese means that, while este means this.

So ese pueblo = that town/village.

Spanish makes a three-way distinction:

• este = this, near the speaker
• ese = that, near the listener or not especially close
• aquel = that over there, farther away

In many everyday situations, ese is a very natural way to refer to a place that is not right next to the speaker.

What exactly does pueblo mean here? Is it people?

No. Pueblo here means village or small town.

This is a very common false friend for English speakers, because it looks a bit like people, but people is gente or personas, depending on context.

So in this sentence:

• Ese pueblo = That village / That town

Depending on context, pueblo can also mean:

• a village
• a small town
• a people/nation (in more formal or political contexts)

But here it clearly means a place.

Why does it say tiene menos de mil personas instead of just ?