What does el + nombre + ese mean?

ExpressionColoquial

that … of yours — the demonstrative after the noun

The demonstrative goes after the noun — la sonrisa esa, el tío ese, la canción esta — instead of before it. It points at something both people know about and adds a tone: fond teasing between friends, scorn for someone who isn't there. Esa sonrisa only points; la sonrisa esa has an opinion.

¿Otra vez con el chándal ese?
It isn't a question about the tracksuit.

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