"questo" meaning in Italian

See questo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: /ˈkwes.to/ Forms: questa [feminine], questi [masculine, plural], queste [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -esto Etymology: From Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, from Latin eccum (deictic) + iste (“that”), the former surviving also as Italian ecco and the latter as esto. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|VL.|*eccum iste}} Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, {{compound|la|eccum|iste|nocat=1|pos1=deictic|t2=that}} eccum (deictic) + iste (“that”) Head templates: {{it-det}} questo (feminine questa, masculine plural questi, feminine plural queste)
  1. this, these
    Sense id: en-questo-it-det-dxILiGLF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Italian determiners, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian determiners: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 0

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈkwes.to/ Forms: questa [feminine], questi [masculine, plural], queste [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -esto Etymology: From Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, from Latin eccum (deictic) + iste (“that”), the former surviving also as Italian ecco and the latter as esto. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|VL.|*eccum iste}} Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, {{compound|la|eccum|iste|nocat=1|pos1=deictic|t2=that}} eccum (deictic) + iste (“that”) Head templates: {{it-pron-adj}} questo (feminine questa, masculine plural questi, feminine plural queste)
  1. this, this one, these
    Sense id: en-questo-it-pron-yqijs~kv Categories (other): Italian pronouns Disambiguation of Italian pronouns: 0 67 33
  2. this, that Synonyms: ciò
    Sense id: en-questo-it-pron-1K3CkqOC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: per questo Related terms: quello, 'sto
Categories (other): Italian determiners, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian determiners: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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