Finnish

Proper noun

Isto

1. A male given name.

Declension

Anagrams

• isot, osti, soit, soti, tosi

Esperanto

Noun

isto ‎(accusative singular iston, plural istoj, accusative plural istojn)

1. A professional, a person who belongs to a profession.

   Voku iston.

   Call a professional.

Interlingua

Pronoun

isto

1. (demonstrative) this

Latin

Pronoun

isto

1. ablative masculine singular of iste
2. ablative neuter singular of iste

References

• isto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “isto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ysto (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese isto, from Latin istud, neuter of iste ‎(“that”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈis.tu/
• (Portugal, Carioca) IPA^(key): /ˈiʃ.tu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈis.to/
• Hyphenation: is‧to

Pronoun

isto m

1. this (the thing here)

   Te entregarei isto, acho que vale algo.‎

   I will hand this over to you, I think it’s worth something.

2. this (the thing being discussed; the current situation)

   Isto não é fácil.‎

   This is not easy.

Usage notes

The following preposition + isto contractions are very common:

• em + isto → nisto
• de + isto → disto

Synonyms

• (this): isso (Brazil), aquisto (archaic)

See also

Interjection

isto

1. that’s right; that’s correct

   — Você é o filho da Mariana? — Isto.‎

   “Are you Mariana’s son?” “That’s right.”

2. yeah! (expresses happiness with an outcome)

   Eles perderam! Isto!‎

   They lost! Yeah!

Synonyms

• (that’s right): isso, correto, exatamente
• (yeah!): isso, oba

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

Neuter form of isti