Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *eccum tibi istōrum. Compare costoro and codesto.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ko.teˈsto.ro/
  • Rhymes: -oro
  • Hyphenation: co‧te‧stó‧ro

Pronoun

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cotestoro m pl or f pl (masculine singular cotestui, feminine singular cotestei)

  1. (literary, dated, demonstrative) they; them; these people (used to indicate people close to the speaker)
    Synonyms: (literary) costoro, queste f, questi m

Further reading

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  • cotestoro in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication