# mesmo
## Asturian
### Adjective

mesmo
* neuter singular of mesmu

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* mismo

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mesmo / meesmo / miismo, from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus, from Latin -met (“emphatic suffix”) + ipse (“himself”) + -issimus (“superlative suffix”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛsmo/ [ˈmɛz̺.mʊ], (dialectal) /ˈmiɾmo/ [ˈmiɾ.mʊ]
* Rhymes: -ɛsmo, -iɾmo

### Adjective

mesmo (feminine mesma, masculine plural mesmos, feminine plural mesmas)
* same
* self

### Adverb

mesmo
* even
** 1955, Alfonso Gayoso, Os fidalgos de Rante, Buenos Aires: Edicións Miño, page 47:Mesmo pareces unha meixengra en día de choiva.You even look as a titmouse in a rainy day
* exactly; precisely as stated

### Conjunction

mesmo
* although

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “meesmo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “meesm”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “miism”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “mesmo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mesmo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (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), “mesmo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mesmo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* mêsmo (superseded)
* memo, mermo (eye dialect)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mesmo, from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese meesmo, from Vulgar Latin of Iberia *medesmo, from proto-Romanic forms as *medessimu, from *medissimu, from *medipsimu, from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus, from a previous *metipsissīmus, derived from Latin -met (emphatic suffix) + ipse (“himself”) + -issimus (superlative suffix). Compare with Spanish mismo, French même.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmez.mu/, (informal) /ˈmẽ.mu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmez.mu/, (informal) /ˈmẽ.mu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈmeʒ.mu/, (informal) /ˈmeʁ.mu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈmez.mo/, (informal) /ˈme.mo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmeʒ.mu/
* Hyphenation: mes‧mo

### Noun

mesmo m (uncountable)
* the same
    O mesmo ocorreu hoje.The same happened today.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mesmo.

#### Derived terms

* dar no mesmo
* mesmíssimo

### Adjective

mesmo (feminine mesma, masculine plural mesmos, feminine plural mesmas)
* same (not different; not another)
    Vi a mesma árvore novamente.I saw the same tree again.
* same (similar; alike; analogous)
    Synonym: igual
    Tens os mesmos olhos que eu.You have the same eyes as I do.
* used as an intensifier
    Synonym: próprio (after nouns)
    O cidadão mesmo que o prendeu.The citizen himself arrested him.
    Eu mesmo fiz o bolo.I baked the cake myself.
    O que eu vi é esse mesmo.The one I saw is this one indeed.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mesmo.

#### Derived terms

* mesmice (noun)
* o mesmo

### Adverb

mesmo (not comparable)
* really; actually; in fact
    Synonyms: de fato, na realidade, realmente, verdadeiramente
    O que quero mesmo é tomar um banho.What I want really is to have a shower.
    É mesmo rara esta ave?Is this bird really rare?
    Mesmo?Really?
* simply, just
    A vida é assim mesmo.That's just how life is.
* even (implying an extreme example in the case mentioned)
    Synonyms: até, até mesmo
    Mesmo as aranhas menores podem matar.Even the smallest spiders can kill.
* (following an adverb denoting time) intensifies the fact that an act occurred, occurs or will occur during that time; right; precisely
    Amanhã mesmo enviar-lhe-ei o documento.I will send him the document precisely tomorrow.
    Farei agora mesmo.I will do it right now.
* (following an adverb denoting a location) emphasises the preciseness of a location; right
    Ocorreu aqui mesmo.It happened right here.
* (sentence-final) again (used to ask for forgotten information)
    Como era seu nome mesmo?What was your name again?

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mesmo.

#### Derived terms

* até mesmo
* mesmice
* mesmidade
* mesmidão
* mesmismo
* mesmo assim
* mesmo com
* mesmo que

### Conjunction

mesmo
* though; although (despite the fact that); despite being
    Synonyms: embora, apesar de
    Mesmo sendo cedo, irei para casa.Although it is early, I will go home.
    Mesmo pobre, sempre conseguiu alimentar seus filhos.Despite being poor, he was always able to feed his children.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mesmo.

#### Descendants

* Angolar: me
* Annobonese: mismu
* Guinea-Bissau Creole: mesmu, memu
* Indo-Portuguese: mesmo
* Kabuverdianu: mésmu, mèz
* Korlai Creole Portuguese: medz
* Kristang: mesu
* Principense: mesu
* Sãotomense: me
* Papiamentu: mes

### References

* ↑ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 138

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmesmo/ [ˈmez.mo]
* Rhymes: -esmo
* Syllabification: mes‧mo

### Adjective

mesmo (feminine mesma, masculine plural mesmos, feminine plural mesmas)
* (obsolete outside New Mexico) Alternative form of mismo

### Further reading

* “mesmo”, 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