mismo

• mesmo (obsolete)

Earlier mesmo, from Old Spanish mesmo, from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus (compare French même, Italian medesimo, Portuguese mesmo), from Latin -met, an emphatic suffix, + ipse (“himself”) + -issimus (a superlative suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmismo/, [ˈmizmo]
• Rhymes: -izmo
• Hyphenation: mis‧mo

mismo (feminine singular misma, masculine plural mismos, feminine plural mismas) (superlative mismísimo)

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; emphasizes 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

mismo

1. right, exactly, immediately

   ahora mismo ― right now

   aquí mismo ― right here

   ahí mismo ― right there

• Chavacano: mismo
• Palenquero: memo
• Tagalog: mismo

• “mismo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Borrowed from Spanish mismo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪs.mɔ/

mismo

1. (with a personal pronoun for emphasis) specifically

   Siya mismo ang nakita ko.

   It was specifically him/her that I saw.

mismo!

1. Exactly! Right on!