mismo

/ˈmismo/ · A1 · adv

right, exactly, immediately

👯 mismo = Latin met-ipsimus, the very-est self: self, same, right now

From Vulgar Latin metipsimus, a superlative of ipse (self) with the emphatic -met: literally the very self-est. That is why it still stresses identity: yo mismo = I myself, lo mismo = the same, ahora mismo = right now.

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