stesso
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Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Italian istesso, from Latin istum (“that”) + ipsum (“himself”).
Pronunciation
Determiner
stesso (feminine stessa, masculine plural stessi, feminine plural stesse) (demonstrative)
- same, equal
- -self, myself, yourself, himself, itself, myself
- Vede se stesso. ― He sees himself.
- Vede se stessa. ― She sees herself.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- allo stesso tempo
- al tempo stesso
- loro stesse (“themselves”)
- loro stessi (“themselves”)
- me stessa (“myself”)
- me stesso (“myself”)
- nello stesso tempo
- noi stesse (“ourselves”)
- noi stessi (“ourselves”)
- se stessa / sé stessa (“herself”)
- se stesso / sé stesso (“himself, itself, oneself”)
- sulla stessa barca
- te stessa (“yourself, thyself”)
- te stesso (“yourself, thyself”)
- voi stesse (“yourselves”)
- voi stessi (“yourselves”)
Pronoun
stesso m sg (feminine singular stessa, masculine plural stessi, feminine plural stesse) (demonstrative)
- (the same person) same, same person, same man
- (the same thing) same, same thing
- È lo stesso. ― It is the same.
Further reading
- Patota, Giuseppe. 2002. Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian). Bologna: il Mulino. Pp. 137–138.