isto
Esperanto
editEtymology
editBack-formation from -isto (“person of profession concerned with”); hence literally “an ‘ist’”.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editisto (accusative singular iston, plural istoj, accusative plural istojn)
- A professional, a person who belongs to a profession.
- Voku iston.
- Call a professional.
Interlingua
editPronoun
editisto
- (demonstrative) this
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈis.toː/, [ˈɪs̠t̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈis.to/, [ˈist̪o]
Pronoun
editistō
References
edit- “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
editPronoun
editisto
Synonyms
editSee also
editMirandese 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
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese isto, from Latin istud, neuter of iste (“that”).
Pronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -istu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtu
- Hyphenation: is‧to
Audio (São Paulo): (file)
Pronoun
editisto n (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
edit- 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
editSee also
editPortuguese 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
editisto
Serbo-Croatian
editAdjective
editisto
Adverb
editȉsto (Cyrillic spelling и̏сто)
Related terms
editCategories:
- Esperanto back-formations
- Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Esperanto/isto
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto nouns
- Esperanto terms with usage examples
- Esperanto terms suffixed with -isto
- Interlingua lemmas
- Interlingua pronouns
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin pronoun forms
- Mirandese lemmas
- Mirandese pronouns
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/istu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/istu/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/iʃtu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/iʃtu/2 syllables
- Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese pronouns
- Portuguese terms with usage examples
- Portuguese terms with obsolete senses
- pt:Literature
- Portuguese interjections
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Portuguese demonstrative pronouns
- Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms
- Serbo-Croatian adjective forms
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian adverbs