'sto

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sto"

Italian

Etymology

Clipping of esto, from Latin istum, accusative masculine singular of iste (“that”, pronoun), of Proto-Indo-European origin. Compare questo, codesto and stesso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sto/°[1]
  • Hyphenation: 'sto

Determiner

'sto (feminine 'sta, masculine plural 'sti, feminine plural 'ste)

  1. (informal, dialectal) contraction of questo: this

Usage notes

  • 'st' is also used in the singular, before a vowel

Derived terms

Pronoun

'sto (feminine 'sta, masculine plural 'sti, feminine plural 'ste)

  1. only used in 'sto qua
  2. only used in 'sto qui

References

  1. ^ ‘sto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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