pronto
AdverbAdjektivin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈpɹɒntəʊ//
- Vereinigtes Königreich/[ˈpʰɹɒntʰəʊ̯]/
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈpɹɑntoʊ//
- Vereinigte Staaten/[ˈpʰɹɑntʰoʊ̯]/
- Vereinigte Staaten/[ˈpʰɹɑnoʊ̯]/
Quickly, very soon, promptly.
Adverb
- 1
umgangssprachlichQuickly, very soon, promptly.
I need to finish this assignment pronto.
“[…] I burst through the door with a pregnancy bump and shouted at him, pretending to be his mistress. I’ve never seen a man look so horrified in his life. I then went into a spontaneous lip-sync of ‘I Will Survive’.” (We need footage, pronto.)
Herkunft
Borrowed from Spanish pronto, from Latin prōmptus. Doublet of prompt.
Adjektiv
- 1
umgangssprachlichQuick, prompt.
For a pronto lunch, take a slice or two to work and team with a tasty salad.
In pronto reaction time, Zeth chose to drive a black armored truck, […]
Wow! With a pronto 'Poof' from Funky, Bronto the Brontosaurus appears.
Formen
- Komparativ
- more pronto
- Superlativ
- most pronto