Meaning
that near you
- that, near the person addressed
In a sentence
Mi passi codesto libro, per favore?
Can you pass me that book, please?
Non conosco bene codesta ragazza nuova.
I don't know that new girl very well.
Hai già visto codesti messaggi sul telefono?
Have you already seen those messages on the phone?
Word forms (4)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| codesto | masculine · singular |
| codesta | feminine · singular |
| codesti | masculine · plural |
| codeste | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Very formal and old-fashioned in modern Italian; mostly seen in Tuscany, bureaucracy, or literary language.
- Use questo for something near the speaker, quello for something farther away; codesto points to something near the listener.
- It agrees like a regular demonstrative adjective: codesto, codesta, codesti, codeste.