mismo

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *metipsimus, from Latin -met + ipse + -issimus.

[edit] Adjective

mismo m. (feminine misma, masculine plural mismos, feminine plural mismas)

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”

4. (with a possessive pronoun) own; emaphasizes 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”