isto

See also: Isto, istô, īsto, isto-, -isto, and исто

Esperanto

Etymology

Back-formation from -isto (“person of profession concerned with”); hence literally “an ‘ist’”.

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -isto

Noun

isto (accusative singular iston, plural istoj, accusative plural istojn)

  1. A professional, a person who belongs to a profession.
    Voku iston.
    Call a professional.

Interlingua

Pronoun

isto

  1. (demonstrative) this

Latin

Pronunciation

Pronoun

istō

  1. ablative masculine/neuter singular of iste

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

  1. this (the thing here)
  2. this (the thing being discussed; the current situation)

Synonyms

See also
Mirandese demonstratives (edit)
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

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese isto, from Latin istud, neuter of iste (“that”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈis.tu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈiʃ.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈis.to/

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -istu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtu
  • Hyphenation: is‧to
  • Audio (Brazil - São Paulo)(file)

Pronoun

isto n (indefinite demonstrative pronoun)

  1. this (the thing here)
    Te entregarei isto. Acho que vale algo.
    I will hand this over to you. I think it’s worth something.
  2. this (the thing being discussed; the current situation)
    Isto não é fácil.
    This is not easy.
  3. (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)
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

  1. (Brazil) that’s right; that’s correct
    Synonyms: isso, correto, exatamente
    — Você é o filho da Mariana? — Isto.
    “Are you Mariana’s son?” “That’s right.”
  2. (Brazil) yeah! (expresses happiness with an outcome)
    Synonyms: isso, oba
    Eles perderam! Isto!
    They lost! Yeah!

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

isto

  1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of isti

Adverb

ȉsto (Cyrillic spelling и̏сто)

  1. as well, also, too, likewise
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