mismo

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish mismo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mis‧mo

Adjective

mismo

1. specifically
2. self; myself; yourself; himself; herself; itself; ourselves; themselves

Spanish

Alternative forms

• mesmo, meísmo (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *me

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *-meti?

Latin -met

Proto-Italic *e(s)peso

Latin ipse

Proto-Indo-European *-yōs

Proto-Indo-European *-(t)m̥mos

Proto-Indo-European *-is(t)m̥mós

Proto-Italic *-isəmos

Latin -issimus

Latin ipsissimus

Latin ipsimus

Vulgar Latin *metipsimus

Old Spanish mesmo

Spanish mismo

From earlier mesmo, from Old Spanish mesmo and the rare medesmo (1259, in a Carta de orden), from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus (compare French même, Italian medesimo, Portuguese mesmo), from Latin -met, an emphatic suffix, + ipsimus (“the very same”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmismo/ [ˈmiz.mo]

• Audio (Colombia); [ˈmiʰ.mo]:

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• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: mis‧mo

Adjective

mismo (feminine 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; emphasizes the identity or singularity of the modified noun phrase

   yo mismo ― I myself

   No te hagas eso a ti mismo.

   Don't do that to yourself.

   Cree en ti mismo.

   Believe in yourself.

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

Adverb

mismo

1. right, exactly, immediately

   ahora mismo ― right now

   aquí mismo ― right here

   ahí mismo ― right there

Derived terms

• ahora mismo
• al mismo tiempo
• asimismo
• da lo mismo
• dar lo mismo
• de la misma manera
• del mismo
• eso mismo
• lo mismo
• por el mismo caso
• por lo mismo
• por los mismos pasos
• por sí mismo
• por su misma mesmedad
• sí mismo
• uno mismo

Related terms

• ese
• -ísimo

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “mismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *me

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *-meti?

Latin -met

Proto-Italic *e(s)peso

Latin ipse

Proto-Indo-European *-yōs

Proto-Indo-European *-(t)m̥mos

Proto-Indo-European *-is(t)m̥mós

Proto-Italic *-isəmos

Latin -issimus

Latin ipsissimus

Latin ipsimus

Vulgar Latin *metipsimus

Old Spanish mesmo

Spanish mismobor.

Tagalog mismo

Borrowed from Spanish mismo, from Old Spanish mesmo, from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmismo/ [ˈmis.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: mis‧mo

Adjective

mismo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

1. specifically

   Siya mismo ang nakita ko.

   It was specifically him/her that I saw.

2. self; myself; yourself; himself; herself; itself; ourselves; themselves

   Ako mismo. ― I myself.

   Mismong si Juan na ang lumapit sa akin.

   It was Juan himself who approached me.

Usage notes

• Emphasizes the identity or singularity of the modified noun phrase.

Derived terms

• omsim
• omsimnida

Related terms

• ora mismo

See also

• din
• na
• nga

Interjection

mismo! (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

1. exactly! right on!

   Synonyms: (slang) omsim, (slang) omsimnida

Further reading

• “mismo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• omsim