mismo

same; identical; one and the same; indicates that the two compared noun clauses both represent the one thing; similar; alike; practically identical; indicates that the two compared noun clauses have one or more matching qualities; self; emphasizes the identity or singularity of the modified noun phrase; own; emphasizes the owner or the exclusivity of ownership in a noun phrase with a possessive pronoun

“yo mismo” — I myself

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, Ita

right, exactly, immediately

“ahora mismo” — right now

Related: ahora mismo, al mismo tiempo, asimismo, da lo mismo, dar lo mismo, de la misma manera, del mismo, lo mismo, por el mismo caso, por lo mismo

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, Ita