# acesta

**Part of speech:** PRON  
**Frequency rank:** #18 most common Romanian word  
**Language:** Romanian

Demonstrative pronoun/determiner meaning 'this one' or 'this' for masculine singular. It points to something close, known, or recently mentioned.

## Meanings

- **this one; this (masc. sg.)** — Used to refer to a masculine singular noun or person already identified or immediately present.

## Example sentences

- Acesta este telefonul meu. — _This is my phone._
- Îl vreau pe acesta, nu pe cel nou. — _I want this one, not the new one._
- Acesta e omul despre care ți-am vorbit. — _This is the man I told you about._

## Forms

asta, aceasta, astea, acesta, ăsta, acestea, ăștia, aceștia, acestuia, acestora, acesteia

## Nearby words by frequency

- [la](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/la)
- [în](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/%C3%AEn)
- [vrea](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/vrea)
- [pe](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/pe)
- [cu](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/cu)
- [un](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/un)
- [mai](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/mai)
- [sine](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/sine)
- [face](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/face)
- [da](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/da)
- [putea](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/putea)
- [pentru](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/pentru)

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Source: [https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/acesta](https://mostspoken.com/words/ro/acesta) — MostSpoken Romanian frequency dictionary.