mismo

mismo

Spanish

Alternative forms

• mesmo, meísmo (obsolete)

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/ [ˈmiz.mo]

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• 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; 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.

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

• ahora mismo
• al mismo tiempo
• asimismo
• da lo mismo
• del mismo
• lo mismo
• por lo mismo
• por sí mismo
• sí mismo
• uno mismo

 

Related terms

• ese
• -ísimo

 

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “mismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mismo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪs.mɔ/

Adjective

mismo

1. (with a personal pronoun for emphasis) specifically

   Siya mismo ang nakita ko.

   It was specifically him/her that I saw.

2. (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.

Interjection

mismo!

1. Exactly! Right on!