això

Catalan

Alternative forms
  • axò (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ipsum hoc.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

això

  1. that, it
  2. this, it

Usage notes
  • In the classic three-grade system, això is second grade and thus means “that”; systems that do not distinguish or weakly distinguish the first and second grades have això supplant açò, thus having it mean “this” as well.

Derived terms

See also
Catalan demonstratives
Grade determiner pronoun locative
1st near aquest, este1 açò2, ço1 ací1
2nd neutral aqueix1, eixe1 això aquí, ahí2
3rd remote aquell allò allà, allí
1) Dialectal, archaic in other dialects
2) Valencian

Further reading
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