pronto
adverbeadjectifattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈpɹɒntəʊ//
- Royaume-Uni/[ˈpʰɹɒntʰəʊ̯]/
- États-Unis//ˈpɹɑntoʊ//
- États-Unis/[ˈpʰɹɑntʰoʊ̯]/
- États-Unis/[ˈpʰɹɑnoʊ̯]/
Quickly, very soon, promptly.
adverbe
- 1
familierQuickly, 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.)
Étymologie
Borrowed from Spanish pronto, from Latin prōmptus. Doublet of prompt.
adjectif
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familierQuick, 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.
Formes
- comparatif
- more pronto
- superlatif
- most pronto