isso

See also: issò

Chickasaw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *i¢xo.

Verb

isso

1. to hit

Choctaw

Etymology 1

Noun

isso (transcription issó', inalienable)

1. (archaic) son

Declension

possessive (inalienable)	singular	paucal	plural
first-person ("my, our")	sasso	pisso	hapisso
second-person ("thy, your")	chisso	hachisso
third-person ("his, her, its, their")	isso

Synonyms

• oshi

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *i¢xo.

Verb

isso (active transitive)

1. to hit, to strike, to beat, to bump

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪso/

Interjection

isso

1. (informal) pronunciation spelling of ist so (“that's the way it is”)

   Tja... isso! ― Well... that's the way it is!

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin ipsum.

Pronoun

isso

1. (archaic, dialectal) alternative form of esso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

isso

1. first-person singular present indicative of issare

Anagrams

• ossi-

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• iss, is

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ipsum (“himself, that very one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈissə/
• Homophone: ìsse

Pronoun

ìsso

1. he

Coordinate terms

Neapolitan personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	reflexive	possessive	prepositional
singular	first person		io	me			mìo, mìa, miéje, mèje	me, méne
	second person	familiar	tu	te			tùjo, tója, tuóje, tòje	te, téne
		formal	vuje	ve			vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste	vuje
	third person	n	ésso	'o (lo)	lle	se	sùjo, sója, suóje, sòje	ésso
		m	ìsso	'o, 'u (lo, lu)	lle, lli			ìsso
		f	éssa	'a (la)	lle			éssa
plural	first person		nuje	nce			nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste	nuje
	second person		vuje	ve			vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste	vuje
	third person	n	éssa (llòro)	'a (la)	lle (llòro)	se	llòro (invariable)	éssa (llòro)
		m	ìsse (llòro)	'e, 'i (le, li)	lle, lli (llòro)			ìsse (llòro)
		f	ésse (llòro)	'e (le)	lle (llòro)			ésse (llòro)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀇𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• इस्सो (Devanagari script)
• ইস্সো (Bengali script)
• ඉස‍්සො (Sinhalese script)
• ဣဿော or ဢိသ်သေႃ (Burmese script)
• อิสฺโส or อิสโส (Thai script)
• ᩍᩔᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ອິສ຺ໂສ or ອິສໂສ (Lao script)
• ឥស្សោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄨𑄥𑄴𑄥𑄮 (Chakma script)

Noun

isso

1. nominative singular of issa (“bear”)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese esso, from Latin ipsum, neuter of ipse (“itself”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈi.su/

• Homophone: iço
• Hyphenation: is‧so

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Pronoun

isso n (indefinite demonstrative pronoun)

2. (demonstrative) that (the thing near you; the thing mentioned that concerns you)

   Coma isso logo para podermos sair.

   Eat that quickly so we can leave.

   • 2001, Stella Caymmi, Dorival Caymmi: o mar e o tempo, Editora 34, →ISBN, page 301:

     “a crítica de rádio era de baixar a ripa, não endeusava ninguém, não ganhava para isso”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 163:

     Conserte isso, sua imprestável, conserte isso!

     Fix that, you worthless, fix that!

   • 2006, Cássia Marina Moreira, Águas que transformam, Editora Agora, →ISBN, page 32:

     Quando embarquei para Abrolhos, não fazia a mínima idéia de como iria se desenrolar o processo, só sabia que coletaria a água com a energia deixada pelas baleias; mas quando e como faria isso era uma incógnita.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. (demonstrative, informal, Brazil) this (the thing near me; the thing mentioned that concerns me)

   Isso é muito difícil.

   This is very difficult.

Usage notes

Mainly used to represent things yet to be introduced or explained (in contrast with esse or essa). Also used with objects rather than people.

Synonyms

• (that): aquisso
• (this): aquisto, isto

See also

Portuguese demonstratives

		pronouns					adverbs
		singular		plural		neuter
		masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
proximal	X	este	esta	estes	estas	isto	aqui, cá
	de + X	deste	desta	destes	destas	disto	daqui
	em + X	neste	nesta	nestes	nestas	nisto	—
medial	X	esse	essa	esses	essas	isso	aí
	de + X	desse	dessa	desses	dessas	disso	daí
	em + X	nesse	nessa	nesses	nessas	nisso	—
distal	X	aquele	aquela	aqueles	aquelas	aquilo	ali, lá, acolá
	de + X	daquele	daquela	daqueles	daquelas	daquilo	dali, dacolá
	em + X	naquele	naquela	naqueles	naquelas	naquilo	—
	a + X	àquele	àquela	àqueles	àquelas	àquilo
anaphoric	X	o	a	os	as	—	—
	de + X	do	da	dos	das
	em + X	no	na	nos	nas
	a + X	ao	à	aos	às

Interjection

isso!

2. correct, that's it, that's right; akin to English this!

   — Como era o nome daquele escritor?
   — Saramago.
   — Isso!

   “What was the name of that writer?”
   “Saramago”
   “That’s it!”

4. yeah! (expresses joy or celebration)

   Meu time ganhou? Isso!

   My team won? Yeah!

Synonyms

• (that’s right): isso mesmo, correto, sim, exato
• (yeah!): oba, eba, beleza

See also

• isso aí!

Further reading

• “isso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026