isto
Esperanto
Etymology
Back-formation from -isto (“person of profession concerned with”); hence literally “an ‘ist’”.
Pronunciation
Noun
isto (accusative singular iston, plural istoj, accusative plural istojn)
- A professional, a person who belongs to a profession.
- Voku iston.
- Call a professional.
Interlingua
Pronoun
isto
- (demonstrative) this
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈis.toː/, [ˈɪs̠t̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈis.to/, [ˈist̪o]
Pronoun
References
- “isto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- isto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Mirandese
Pronoun
isto
Synonyms
See also
Mirandese demonstratives (edit) | |||||||
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Pronouns | Adverbs | ||||||
Singular | Plural | Neuter | |||||
Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
Proximal | X | este, aqueste | esta, aquesta | estes, aquestes | estas, aquestas | isto, aquisto | eiqui, acá |
de + X | deste, daqueste | desta, daquesta | destes, daquestes | destas, daquestas | disto, daquisto | deiqui | |
an + X | neste, naqueste | nesta, naquesta | nestes, naquestes | nestas, naquestas | nisto, naquisto | — | |
Medial | X | esse, aquesse | essa, aquessa | esses, aquesses | essas, aquessas | isso, aquisso | alhi, eilhi |
de + X | desse, daquesse | dessa, daquessa | desses, daquesses | dessas, daquessas | disso, daquisso | dalhi, deilhi | |
an + X | nesse, naquesse | nessa, naquessa | nesses, naquesses | nessas, naquessas | nisso, naquisso | — | |
Distal | X | aquel | aqueilha | aqueilhes | aqueilhas | aqueilho, aquilho | alhi, alhá |
de + X | daquel | daqueilha | daqueilhes | daqueilhas | daqueilho, daquilho | dalhi, dalhá | |
an + X | naquel | naqueilha | naqueilhes | naqueilhas | naqueilho, naquilho | — |
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- ysto (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese isto, from Latin istud, neuter of iste (“that”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈis.tu/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "PT" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈiʃ.tu/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "South Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈis.to/
- Hyphenation: is‧to
Pronoun
isto m
(indefinite demonstrative pronoun)
- this (the thing here)
- Te entregarei isto, acho que vale algo.
- I will hand this over to you, I think it’s worth something.
- this (the thing being discussed; the current situation)
- Isto não é fácil.
- This is not easy.
- (obsolete, literature) this sentence, this word, this dictum
Usage notes
Mainly used to represent things yet to be explained or introduced (in contrast with este or esta). Also used with objects rather than people.
The following preposition + isto contractions are very common:
Synonyms
See also
Portuguese demonstratives (edit) | |||||||
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Pronouns | Adverbs | ||||||
Singular | Plural | Neuter | |||||
Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
Proximal | X | este | esta | estes | estas | isto | aqui, cá |
de + X | deste | desta | destes | destas | disto | daqui | |
em + X | neste | nesta | nestes | nestas | nisto | — | |
Medial | X | esse | essa | esses | essas | isso | aí |
de + X | desse | dessa | desses | dessas | disso | daí | |
em + X | nesse | nessa | nesses | nessas | nisso | — | |
Distal | X | aquele | aquela | aqueles | aquelas | aquilo | ali, lá, acolá |
de + X | daquele | daquela | daqueles | daquelas | daquilo | dali | |
em + X | naquele | naquela | naqueles | naquelas | naquilo | — | |
a + X | àquele | àquela | àqueles | àquelas | àquilo | ||
Anaphoric | X | o | a | os | as | — | — |
de + X | do | da | dos | das | |||
em + X | no | na | nos | nas | |||
a + X | ao | à | aos | às |
Interjection
isto
- (Brazil) that’s right; that’s correct
- — Você é o filho da Mariana? — Isto.
- “Are you Mariana’s son?” “That’s right.”
- (Brazil) yeah! (expresses happiness with an outcome)
- Eles perderam! Isto!
- They lost! Yeah!
Synonyms
- (that’s right): isso, correto, exatamente
- (yeah!): isso, oba
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
isto
Adverb
ȉsto (Cyrillic spelling и̏сто)
Related terms
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