# mesto
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mesto and used as a tempo mark.

### Adjective

mesto (not comparable)
* (music) sad, mournful

### Adverb

mesto (not comparable)
* (music) mournfully

### Anagrams

* -stome, Motes, Tomes, moste, motes, o-stem, smote, tomes

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* mecho

### Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese mesto, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Doublet of misto. Cognate with Portuguese misto, Spanish misto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmesto/ [ˈmes̺.t̪ʊ]
* Rhymes: -esto
* Hyphenation: mes‧to

### Adjective

mesto (feminine mesta, masculine plural mestos, feminine plural mestas)
* mixed
* dense, thick, packed
    Millo mesto vai no cesto, millo raro vai no carroCorn too densely sown produces less than when allowed more space(literally, “Packed corn goes in the basket, scarce corn goes in the cart”)
** c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, page 96:
    cõmo quer que ja quanto lle daua hũa pouca de fealdade as sobrõçellas que avia mestas et juntas.as the only thing that was a little ugly about her were her eyebrows, which were thick and united
    Antonym: raro

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mesto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mesto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mesto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mesto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mesto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Pensado, José Luis, Messner, Dieter (2003) “mesto”, in Bachiller Olea: Vocabulos gallegos escuros: lo que quieren decir (Cadernos de Lingua: anexos; 7)‎, A Coruña: Real Academia Galega / Galaxia, →ISBN.

## Ingrian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian вместо (vmesto).

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈmesto/, [ˈme̞s̠tŏ̞̥]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈmesto/, [ˈme̞ʃto̞]
* Rhymes: -esto
* Hyphenation: mes‧to

### Preposition

mesto (+ partitive)
* instead of
** 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 17:Kuhu puuttui konna-reisumees mesto lounatta?Where did the travelling frog arrive instead of the south?

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 306

## Italian
### Etymology 1

From Latin maestus.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛ.sto/
* Rhymes: -ɛsto
* Hyphenation: mè‧sto

#### Adjective

mesto (feminine mesta, masculine plural mesti, feminine plural meste, superlative mestissimo)
* sad
    Synonym: triste

##### Related terms

* mestamente
* mestizia

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈme.sto/, /ˈmɛ.sto/
* Rhymes: -esto, -ɛsto
* Hyphenation: mé‧sto, mè‧sto

#### Verb

mesto
* first-person singular present indicative of mestare

### References

* ↑ mesto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* mjȅsto (Ijekavian)
* mȉsto (Ikavian)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *město.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mêsto/
* Hyphenation: me‧sto

### Noun

mȅsto n (Cyrillic spelling ме̏сто)
* place (location, position)
* space
* a settlement (usually between a village and a town in size)

#### Derived terms

* mȅsnī
* mȅsno
* mestánce
* mestàrina
* mestášce
* mèstimicē
* mèstimičan
* mèstimično
* mȅstopīs
* mestòvina

### Preposition

mȅsto (Cyrillic spelling ме̏сто) (+ genitive case)
* instead of
    Synonym: ùmesto

### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:mesto.

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *město.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmestɔ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mes‧to

### Noun

mesto n (relational adjective mestský, diminutive mestečko)
* city
* town

#### Derived terms

* hlavné mesto
* mešťan
* veľkomesto

### Further reading

* “mesto”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *město.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mèːstɔ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

mẹ́sto n
* place, location
* town (settlement)

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “mesto”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin mixtus. Doublet of mixto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmesto/ [ˈmes.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -esto
* Syllabification: mes‧to

### Adjective

mesto (feminine mesta, masculine plural mestos, feminine plural mestas)
* mixed
    Synonyms: mezclado, mixto

### Further reading

* “mesto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10