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Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier mesmo, from Old Spanish mesmo, from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus (compare French même, Italian medesimo, Portuguese mesmo), from Latin -met, an emphatic suffix, + ipse (“himself”) + -issimus (a superlative suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmismo/
- Rhymes: -ismo
- Syllabification: mis‧mo
Adjective
mismo (feminine misma, masculine plural mismos, feminine plural mismas, superlative mismísimo)
- same; identical; one and the same; indicates that the two compared noun clauses both represent the one thing
- similar; alike; practically identical; indicates that the two compared noun clauses have one or more matching qualities
- (with a personal pronoun) self; myself; yourself; himself; herself; itself; ourselves; themselves; emphasises the identity or singularity of the modified noun phrase
- yo mismo ― I myself
No te hagas eso a ti mismo.- Don't do that to yourself.
- (with a possessive pronoun) own; emphasizes the owner or the exclusivity of ownership in a noun phrase with a possessive pronoun
- gente de su misma clase ― people of his own class
Adverb
mismo
- right, exactly, immediately
- ahora mismo ― right now
- aquí mismo ― right here
- ahí mismo ― right there
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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mismo, from Old Spanish mesmo, from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmismo/,
- Hyphenation: mis‧mo
Adjective
mismo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)
- (with a personal pronoun for emphasis) specifically
Siya mismo ang nakita ko.- It was specifically him/her that I saw.
- (with a personal pronoun) self; myself; yourself; himself; herself; itself; ourselves; themselves; emphasises the identity or singularity of the modified noun phrase
- Ako mismo. ― I myself.
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Interjection
mismo! (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)
- exactly! right on!
Further reading
- “mismo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018