'sto
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sto"
Italian
Etymology
Clipping of esto,[1] from Latin istum, accusative masculine singular of iste (“that”, pronoun), of Proto-Indo-European origin. Compare questo, codesto and stesso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sto/°[2]
- Hyphenation: 'sto
Determiner
'sto (feminine 'sta, masculine plural 'sti, feminine plural 'ste) (informal)
- contraction of questo (“this”)
Usage notes
- 'st' is also used in the singular, before a vowel (cfr. quest')
- 2021, “Open Bar”, in Devastante, performed by Il Pagante ft. Stash:
- Al telegiornare, han detto che, 'st'estate, c'è il diluvio universale.
- On the news, they've said that, this summer, there's the Universal Deluge.
Derived terms
- stamani, stamattina (“this morning”)
- stanotte (“tonight; last night”)
- stasera (“this evening; tonight”)
- stavolta (“this time”)
Pronoun
'sto (feminine 'sta, masculine plural 'sti, feminine plural 'ste)
References
- ^ sto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ ‘sto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)