Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
misso

misso

9.9
An informal word for a woman someone loves, often meaning girlfriend or wife
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : cariño
  • The guys at the pub joked about bringing their misso to the football game.

Examples

  • I saw your friend, misso Sarah, at the café.

  • Everyone liked to call her misso because she always looked after the group.

  • He sent a postcard home to his misso while traveling abroad.

  • Hey, misso! How are you today?

  • I called my wife misso because I love her so much.

  • When he was feeling down, he liked to hear his friends call him misso for comfort.

  • The affectionate way she said misso made everyone smile.

How Affectionate

darling
  • Informal
∞ 1.0
misso
  • UK
9.9
mate
  • UK
194 1.2
miss
  • Informal
19 2.8
m'lady
  • Archaic
13 9.9

Surface Forms

misso singular
missos plural

Morphology

misso = miss (semi-transparent) = miss + o

Formed by adding the informal diminutive suffix '-o' to 'miss'; the affectionate meaning is predictable but the suffix is colloquial and may be unfamiliar to some learners.

Etymology

Misso comes from the old word mistress, which became the familiar missus, like 'Mrs' or 'wife'. People shortened that to misso, so today it is used as a friendly or affectionate name for a woman.