There are three demonstratives in Spanish: este, ese and aquel. They can be adjectives or pronouns. Like other adjectives, demonstratives change form when qualifying feminine and / or plural nouns (see table below) Both masculine and feminine demonstrative pronouns carry a written accent.

Demostrative pronouns.-

Ésta: ¿this one¿ (replacing a feminine noun)

Esto: ¿this¿ (indeterminate, invariable)

Ése: ¿that one¿ (replacing a masculine noun)

Ésa: ¿that one¿ (replacing a feminine noun)

Eso: ¿that¿ (as apposed to ¿this¿ : something close at hand)

Aquel: ¿that one¿ (replacing a masculine noun)

Aquella: ¿that one¿ (replacing a feminine noun)

Aquello: ¿that¿ (¿that over there, yonder¿)

Demostrative adjectives.-