these [ðiːz]
adjective:demonstrative
estosestas;estas it's not these chocolates but those ones I like no son estos bombones los que me gustan sino aquellos; these ones over here estos/estas de aquí; estos/estas que están aquí; how are you getting on these days? ¿cómo le va últimamente?
pronoun:demonstrative
estosestas;estas éstoséstas;éstas In the past the standard spelling for [estos/estas] as pronouns was with an accent ([éstos/éstas]). Nowadays the [Real Academia Española] advises that the accented forms are only required where there might otherwise be confusion with the adjectives [estos/estas].
I'm looking for some sandals, can I try these? quiero unas sandalias, ¿puedo probarme estas?; what are these? ¿qué son estos?; these are my friends/my books estos son mis amigos/mis libros; I prefer these to those prefiero estos a aquellos
