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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

To give a classic flavor to the fumes, L'Isle found himself quoting the lines: "Thestylis et rapido fessis messoribus aestu Allia serpyllumque herbas contundit olentes."

From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Bowen, Sue Petigru