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rapido

American  
[rah-pee-doh, rah-pee-thaw, rah-pee-daw] / ˈrɑ piˌdoʊ, ˈrɑ piˌðɔ, ˈrɑ pi dɔ /

noun

plural

rapidos,

plural

rapidi
  1. an express train.


Etymology

Origin of rapido

1955–60; < Italian rapido, Spanish rápido (noun use of adj.). See rapid

Example Sentences

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Mussolini’s term for this was a guerra di rapido corso.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2020

“Mas rapido pot favor ,” he wrote, making an apparent typo.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2019

No tan rapido, says the Washington Post, in an article laying out the dos and do-not-dos for eager tourists and cigar aficionados.

From US News • Dec. 18, 2014

With what appeared to be almost gleeful haste, the opera company signed his replacement, precipitating his departure rapido: Italian Claudio Abbado, 50, who finished as music director at Milan's La Scala opera house last month.

From Time Magazine Archive

But here just at the most interesting moment the successive bells and whistles are screeching, and the rapido is hurrying me away from Aranjuez.

From Familiar Spanish Travels by Howells, William Dean