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What's the difference between esto and estos? I came across this sentence: ¿Dónde ponemos esto?" dijo, señalando dos grandes cajas. Shouldn't the word be estos?

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Sometimes Hispanic people say something as a just one thing when they're talking about something in plural because they mean the "all package" as a one, but that's ok, isn't so wrong to say it in that way. Anyway... the right way to say it is "¿Dónde ponemos estAs? (remember it's femenine :P )
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esto, use it for one thing near. in singular. estos, use it for several things near. in plural
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Sí, puede que lo más apropiado sea "¿Dónde ponemos estas cajas?" en lugar de "¿Dónde ponemos esto?", pero la idea sigue siendo la misma, por lo tanto, "¿Dónde ponemos esto?" (se refiere a algo en general sin especificar exactamente si el objeto esta en singular o plural). Estos = para masculino. Estas = para femenino.

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