rapido

[ rah-pee-doh; Spanish rah-pee-thaw; Italian rah-pee-daw ]

noun

, plural ra·pi·dos [rah, -pee-dohz, rah, -pee-, th, aws], Italian ra·pi·di [rah, -pee-dee].

1. an express train.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rapido¹

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

Example Sentences

Things happened rapido enough to glut even an old buccaneer.

From Project Gutenberg

Thestylis et rapido fessis messoribus æstuAllia serpyllumque herbas contundit olentes.

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Sancroft, sitting at a writing-table with arms, and motto, Rapido contrarius orbi.

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