mismo

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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/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Audio (Chile):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ismo
  • Syllabification: mis‧mo

Adjective

mismo (feminine misma, masculine plural mismos, feminine plural mismas, superlative mismísimo)

  1. same; identical; one and the same; indicates that the two compared noun clauses both represent the one thing
  2. similar; alike; practically identical; indicates that the two compared noun clauses have one or more matching qualities
  3. (with a personal pronoun) self; emphasizes 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.
  4. (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

  1. right, exactly, immediately
    ahora mismo ― right now
    aquí mismo ― right here
    ahí mismo ― right there

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Chavacano: mismo
  • Palenquero: memo
  • → Tagalog: mismo

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mismo, from Old Spanish mesmo, from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mismo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

  1. specifically
    Siya mismo ang nakita ko.
    It was specifically him/her that I saw.
  2. self; myself; yourself; himself; herself; itself; ourselves; themselves
    Ako mismo. ― I myself.
    Mismong si Juan na ang lumapit sa akin.
    It was Juan himself who approached me.

Usage notes

  • Emphasizes the identity or singularity of the modified noun phrase.

Derived terms

See also

Interjection

mismo! (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

  1. exactly! right on!

Further reading

  • “mismo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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