mismo

• mesmo, meísmo (obsolete)

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).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmismo/ [ˈmiz.mo]

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• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: mis‧mo

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

mismo

1. right, exactly, immediately

   ahora mismo ― right now

   aquí mismo ― right here

   ahí mismo ― right there

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

• “mismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmismo/ [ˈmis.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: mis‧mo

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.

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

mismo! (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

1. exactly! right on!

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

• omsim