isto

== Esperanto == === Etymology === Back-formation from -isto (“person of profession concerned with”); hence literally “an ‘ist’”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈisto/ Rhymes: -isto Syllabification: is‧to === Noun === isto (accusative singular iston, plural istoj, accusative plural istojn) A professional, a person who belongs to a profession. == Interlingua == === Pronoun === isto (demonstrative) this == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɪs.toː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈis.to] === Determiner === istō 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 this (the thing here) this (the thing being discussed; the current situation) ==== Synonyms ==== aquisto ==== See also ==== == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === ysto (obsolete) === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese isto, from Latin istud, neuter of iste (“that”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -istu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtu Hyphenation: is‧to === Pronoun === isto n (indefinite demonstrative pronoun) this (the thing here) this (the thing being discussed; the current situation) (obsolete, literary) 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 mandatory: ‎em (“in”) + ‎isto → ‎nisto (“in this”) ‎de (“of”) + ‎isto → ‎disto (“of this”) ==== Synonyms ==== (this): isso (Brazil) aquisto (archaic) ==== See also ==== === Interjection === isto (Brazil) that’s right, that’s correct; akin to English this! Synonyms: isso, correto, exatamente (Brazil) yeah! (expresses happiness with an outcome) Synonyms: isso, oba === Further reading === “isto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Adjective === isto (Cyrillic spelling исто) neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of isti === Adverb === ȉsto (Cyrillic spelling и̏сто) as well, also, too, likewise === Related terms === (adverb): takóđer/takóđe