Since esto can never function as a determiner, it has never been accented in this way. However, the current advice from the RAE is to never accent them, although they consider it acceptable (though optional and not recommended) to accent them where there is the risk of ambiguity. how esto is used to refer to an idea: "El carburador está roto. More @Wikipedia
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