esto

/ˈesto/ · A1 · pron

substitutes a noun one can't remember or can't remember the name of

esto = this; Latin istud, kin to este/esta, the neuter for unnamed things

Esto is the neuter form of este/esta, from Latin istud. Spanish nouns are never neuter, so esto cannot point at a named noun: it stands in for a thing whose name you lack or have forgotten. Sound hook: esto sounds like S-toe.

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