pronto
[pron-toh]
- promptly; quickly.
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Origin of pronto
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Contemporary Examples
Step away politely, apologise profusely, and find a taxi, pronto.
They yapped and pulled at their leads with such energy that Winkelmann insisted we climb back into the sled, pronto.
Help us understand them, those Iraqis and Afghans, better ... and pronto.
I wrote two books about Raylan before the series [Riding the Rap and Pronto].
While we're at it, move Law & Order: SVU back to Wednesdays at 10 p.m. again, pronto.
Historical Examples
Pronto Helps him with a supply of similes, which, it seems, he did not think of readily.
MeditationsMarcus Aurelius
But what is there in the heart of Pronto that is kept from Curio?
AurelianWilliam Ware
Pronto had chosen his own trail and gait back to the Three Star.
Rimrock TrailJ. Allan Dunn
Sandy, erect in the saddle, lean and keen, matched all of Pronto's fitness.
Rimrock TrailJ. Allan Dunn
You forget it now, pronto, he commanded as he went out of the door.
A Tenderfoot BrideClarice E. Richards
pronto
- informal at once; promptly
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Word Origin
C20: from Spanish: quick, from Latin promptus prompt
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Word Origin and History for pronto
adv.
1850, from Spanish pronto, perhaps influenced by Italian pronto (borrowed by English 1740), both from Latin promptus (see prompt).
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