Spanish Grammar/Demonstrative Pronouns

When the noun is understood in the context, it can be omitted – but adjectives can't stand alone. In these cases, demonstrative pronouns are used. As shown below, demonstrative pronouns are almost exactly the same as demonstrative adjectives – but there's an accent on the stressed syllable. These accents are actually optional.

Demonstrative Pronouns
singular			plural			singular
English	Masculine	Feminine	English	Masculine	Feminine	English	Neuter
this	éste	ésta	these	éstos	éstas	this	esto
that	ése	ésa	those	ésos	ésas	that	eso
that (over there)	aquél	aquélla	those (over there)	aquéllos	aquéllas	that (over there)	aquello

Sometimes a demonstrative pronoun refers to something abstract, not referring to any specific noun. Thus it doesn't have a gender, so neither can the demonstrative pronoun: the neuter form is used. Notice that the neuter form does not have accent marks.