Aquellos vs. aquéllos

Note: The unaccented form "aquellos" can function as a pronoun (like "aquéllos") if it can be unambiguously deduced as such from context.

Aquellos

  • those (masculine; far from speaker and listener)

    En aquellos tiempos teníamos problemas de dinero. (In those days we had money problems.)
    Recuerdo aquellos tiempos. (I remember those times.)

Aquéllos

  • those ones (masculine; far from speaker and listener)

    Aquéllos son mis libros. (Those are my books.)
    Casi compré uno de aquéllos. (I almost bought one of those.)