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mismo.

same; identical; one and the same; indicates that the two compared noun clauses both represent the one thing

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈmismo/[ˈmiz.mo]

  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. self; emphasizes the identity or singularity of the modified noun phrase

    with-personal-pronoun
    yo mismo
    No te hagas eso a ti mismo.

  4. own; emphasizes the owner or the exclusivity of ownership in a noun phrase with a possessive pronoun

    gente de su misma clase
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *-meti? Latin -met Proto-Italic *e(s)peso Latin ipse Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-(t)m̥mos Proto-Indo-European *-is(t)m̥mós Proto-Italic *-isəmos Latin -issimus Latin ipsissimus Latin ipsimus Vulgar Latin *metipsimus Old Spanish mesmo Spanish mismo From earlier mesmo, from Old Spanish mesmo and the rare medesmo (1259, in a Carta de orden), from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus (compare French même, Italian medesimo, Portuguese mesmo), from Latin -met, an emphatic suffix, + ipsimus (“the very same”).

adv/ˈmismo/[ˈmiz.mo]

  1. right, exactly, immediately

    ahora mismo
    aquí mismo
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *-meti? Latin -met Proto-Italic *e(s)peso Latin ipse Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-(t)m̥mos Proto-Indo-European *-is(t)m̥mós Proto-Italic *-isəmos Latin -issimus Latin ipsissimus Latin ipsimus Vulgar Latin *metipsimus Old Spanish mesmo Spanish mismo From earlier mesmo, from Old Spanish mesmo and the rare medesmo (1259, in a Carta de orden), from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus (compare French même, Italian medesimo, Portuguese mesmo), from Latin -met, an emphatic suffix, + ipsimus (“the very same”).

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