"'sto" meaning in Italian

See 'sto in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: /sto/ Forms: 'sta [feminine], 'sti [masculine, plural], 'ste [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Clipping of esto, from Latin istum, accusative masculine singular of iste (“that”, pronoun), of Proto-Indo-European origin. Compare questo, codesto and stesso. Etymology templates: {{clipping|it|esto}} Clipping of esto, {{inh|it|la|istum}} Latin istum, {{inh|it|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European Head templates: {{it-det}} 'sto (feminine 'sta, masculine plural 'sti, feminine plural 'ste), {{tlb|it|informal}} (informal)
  1. contraction of questo (“this”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal Alternative form of: questo (extra: this) Derived forms: stamani, stamattina (english: this morning), stanotte (english: tonight; last night), stasera (english: this evening; tonight), stavolta (english: this time)
    Sense id: en-'sto-it-det-dsaAFLb9

Pronoun

IPA: /sto/ Forms: 'sta [feminine], 'sti [masculine, plural], 'ste [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Clipping of esto, from Latin istum, accusative masculine singular of iste (“that”, pronoun), of Proto-Indo-European origin. Compare questo, codesto and stesso. Etymology templates: {{clipping|it|esto}} Clipping of esto, {{inh|it|la|istum}} Latin istum, {{inh|it|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European Head templates: {{it-pron-adj}} 'sto (feminine 'sta, masculine plural 'sti, feminine plural 'ste)
  1. only used in 'sto qua Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-'sto-it-pron-acdb1ol5 Categories (other): Italian determiners, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian pronouns, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian determiners: 0 50 50 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 0 51 49 Disambiguation of Italian pronouns: 0 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 50 50
  2. only used in 'sto qui Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-'sto-it-pron-0QpO6aGE Categories (other): Italian determiners, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian pronouns, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian determiners: 0 50 50 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 0 51 49 Disambiguation of Italian pronouns: 0 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 50 50

Inflected forms

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        "'sto"
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        {
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        {
          "word": "stamani"
        },
        {
          "english": "this morning",
          "translation": "this morning",
          "word": "stamattina"
        },
        {
          "english": "tonight; last night",
          "translation": "tonight; last night",
          "word": "stanotte"
        },
        {
          "english": "this evening; tonight",
          "translation": "this evening; tonight",
          "word": "stasera"
        },
        {
          "english": "this time",
          "translation": "this time",
          "word": "stavolta"
        }
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        "'sto"
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "pron",
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    "Italian terms derived from Latin",
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    "Italian terms inherited from Latin",
    "Italian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "word": "stamani"
    },
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      "english": "this morning",
      "translation": "this morning",
      "word": "stamattina"
    },
    {
      "english": "tonight; last night",
      "translation": "tonight; last night",
      "word": "stanotte"
    },
    {
      "english": "this evening; tonight",
      "translation": "this evening; tonight",
      "word": "stasera"
    },
    {
      "english": "this time",
      "translation": "this time",
      "word": "stavolta"
    }
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      "form": "'ste",
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    {
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