pronto
avverbioaggettivoattestato nei dialoghi
- Regno Unito//ˈpɹɒntəʊ//
- Regno Unito/[ˈpʰɹɒntʰəʊ̯]/
- Stati Uniti//ˈpɹɑntoʊ//
- Stati Uniti/[ˈpʰɹɑntʰoʊ̯]/
- Stati Uniti/[ˈpʰɹɑnoʊ̯]/
Quickly, very soon, promptly.
avverbio
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informaleQuickly, 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.)
Etimologia
Borrowed from Spanish pronto, from Latin prōmptus. Doublet of prompt.
aggettivo
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informaleQuick, 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.
Forme
- comparativo
- more pronto
- superlativo
- most pronto