disto
Portuguese, contraction/ˈd͡ʒis.tu/
disto is spelled D-I-S-T-O (5 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,755th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Disto is a Portuguese neuter contraction meaning “contraction of de + isto, literally “of/from this thing”: neuter of deste” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of distar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contração da preposição de com o pronome demonstrativo isto”.
What does disto mean in English?
contraction
- 1
neutercontraction of de + isto, literally “of/from this thing”: neuter of deste
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of distar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
contraction: 1. contração da preposição de com o pronome demonstrativo isto: 2. desta coisa; de coisa próxima do emissor; desta afirmação ou argumento:
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of disto
- d'isto alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce disto?
- Brazil /ˈd͡ʒis.tu/
- /ˈd͡ʒiʃ.tu/
- Portugal /ˈdiʃ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to disto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is disto in Portuguese?
disto appears 23 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).