rapido
Americannoun
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
Things happened rapido enough to glut even an old buccaneer.
From Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Schoonover, Frank Earle
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