presto
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian presto (“quickly”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɛstəʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) enPR: prĕs'tō, IPA(key): /ˈpɹɛstoʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɛstəʊ
Adverb edit
presto (not comparable)
Interjection edit
presto
- Used by magicians when performing a trick; ta-da; voilà.
- So I put my hand into the hat and presto! Out comes a rabbit!
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 31, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 142:
- You know the old man's ivory leg, well I dreamed he kicked me with it ; and when I tried to kick back, upon my soul, my little man, I kicked my leg right off! And then, presto! Ahab seemed a pyramid, and I, like a blazing fool, kept kicking at it.
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Noun edit
presto (uncountable)
- (poker slang) A pair of fives as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
References edit
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN
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Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adverb edit
presto
Noun edit
presto m (plural prestos)
Etymology 2 edit
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presto
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
presto
- (music) presto
- (colloquial) quickly
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “presto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
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presto
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Late Latin praestus, from the Latin praestō (“at hand”, adverb). Compare Catalan prest, French prêt.
Adjective edit
presto (feminine presta, masculine plural presti, feminine plural preste, superlative prestissimo)
- (literary) ready
- (literary) fast, quick, nimble
- mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell][1], lines 31–33; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate][2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
Descendants edit
- → French: preste
Adverb edit
presto
- soon
- early
- Synonym: di buon'ora
- Non sono abituata a svegliarmi presto. ― I'm not accustomed to getting up early.
- Se ne andarono presto. ― They left early.
- quickly
- Synonyms: rapidamente, velocemente
- Spero che ti riprenderai presto. ― I hope you'll recover quickly.
- (music) presto
Derived terms edit
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Etymology 2 edit
Deverbal from prestare (“to lend”) + -o.
Noun edit
presto m (plural presti) (archaic)
- loan
- Synonym: prestito
- usury (practice of lending money at excessive interest rates)
- Synonym: usura
- pawnshop
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
presto
Further reading edit
- presto1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- presto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian presto (“ready”).
Adverb edit
presto
Noun edit
presto m (definite singular prestoen, indefinite plural prestoer, definite plural prestoene)
- music being played presto
Usage notes edit
- Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.[1]
References edit
- “presto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian presto (“ready”).
Adverb edit
presto
Noun edit
presto m (definite singular prestoen, indefinite plural prestoar, definite plural prestoane)
- music being played presto
References edit
- “presto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Late Latin praestus, from the adverb praestō. Compare Catalan prest, Italian presto, French prêt. The meaning pertaining to music comes from Italian presto.
Adjective edit
presto (feminine presta, masculine plural prestos, feminine plural prestas)
Adverb edit
presto
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
presto
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Italian presto.
Adverb edit
presto
Serbo-Croatian edit
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
prȅsto m (Cyrillic spelling пре̏сто)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | presto | prestoli |
genitive | prestola | prestola |
dative | prestolu | prestolima |
accusative | prjesto | prestole |
vocative | prjestole | prestoli |
locative | prestolu | prestolima |
instrumental | prestolom | prestolima |
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Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Late Latin praestus, from the adverb praesto. Compare Catalan prest, Italian presto, French prêt. The meaning pertaining to music comes from Italian presto.
Adjective edit
presto (feminine presta, masculine plural prestos, feminine plural prestas)
Adverb edit
presto
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
presto
Further reading edit
- “presto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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