misto

See also: mišto, miśto, mișto, and místo

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mixto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmis.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmis.to]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

misto m (plural mistos)

1. match (device to make fire)

   Synonym: llumí

Derived terms

• misto garibaldi

Further reading

• “misto” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “misto”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “misto” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “misto” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

misto

1. gato.

Galician

Mistos

Etymology

Attested since the 19th century. Ultimately from Latin mixtus. Doublet of mesto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmistʊ]

Noun

misto m (plural mistos)

1. match (device to make fire)

   Synonym: fósforo

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “misto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “misto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “misto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin mixtus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.sto/
• Rhymes: -isto
• Hyphenation: mì‧sto

Adjective

misto (feminine mista, masculine plural misti, feminine plural miste)

1. mixed

Derived terms

• fritto misto
• mistamente

Related terms

• mischiare
• mistura
• misturare

 

Noun

misto m (plural misti)

1. mixture
2. medley

Further reading

• misto in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• misto in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• misto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• misto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• misto in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• misto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Mosti, istmo, mosti, stimo, stimò, stomi

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmis.toː/, [ˈmɪs̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmis.to/, [ˈmist̪o]

Participle

mistō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mistus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mixtus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmis.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmis.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmiʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmis.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmiʃ.tu/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -istu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtu
• Hyphenation: mis‧to

Adjective

misto (feminine mista, masculine plural mistos, feminine plural mistas)

1. mixed (having two or more separate aspects)
2. mixed (having different elements)

   Synonym: misturado

3. (specifically) mixed (including both males and females)

Noun

misto m (plural mistos)

1. jumble (a mixture of unrelated things)

   Synonyms: mistura, mistureba

2. (Brazil) Short for misto-quente.

Further reading

• “misto”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “misto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “misto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “misto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “misto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• mjȅsto (Ijekavian)
• mȅsto (Ekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *město.

Noun

misto n (Cyrillic spelling мисто)

1. (Chakavian, Ikavian) place (location, position)
   • 1375, N.N., Muka svete Margarite (transcribed from Glagolitic original):

     Blažena se ti nazivaš
     s mistom u kôm' sad pribivaš.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita:

     Svak skuta poduja, čtujući človika,
     tolik strah obuja mista svakolika.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1759, Antun Kanižlić, Sveta Rožalija:

     Kakvo to jest misto, znat morete lasno,
     gdi se s nogom isto tlači zlato jasno.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmisto/ [ˈmis.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -isto
• Syllabification: mis‧to

Adjective

misto (feminine mista, masculine plural mistos, feminine plural mistas)

1. Obsolete spelling of mixto.

Noun

misto m (plural mistos)

1. (Galicia, regional Spain) match (stick) (used regionally in provinces such as Galicia and Valencia)

   Synonyms: fósforo, cerilla, cerillo (Mexico), mixto (regional, Spain)

Further reading

• “misto”, 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

Teposcolula Mixtec

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl miztō(n). Cf. San Juan Colorado Mixtec mistú.

Noun

misto

1. cat (Felis silvestris catus)

   Synonyms: ñaña, quete cau

References

• Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 115r