pronto

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈprɑntoʊ/ UK /ˈprɒntəʊ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
promptly; without delay

Get back here pronto, we're running late.

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Synonyms

1 adv · promptly; without delay quickly immediately promptly instantly swiftly fast speedily

Opposites

slowly eventually later

Word family

Related forms promptprontosil

Etymology

From Spanish pronto ('quick, soon'), from Latin promptus ('ready, prompt'), past participle of promere ('to bring out').

pronto Spanish promptus Latin emere Latin

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# pronto

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈprɑntoʊ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈprɒntəʊ/

## Meanings
1. promptly; without delay

## Examples
- Get back here pronto, we're running late.

## Synonyms
- quickly
- immediately
- promptly
- instantly
- swiftly
- fast
- speedily

## Antonyms
- slowly
- eventually
- later

## Related Forms
- prompt
- prontosil

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: pronto
- Root: promptus
- Root: emere

## Etymology
From Spanish pronto ('quick, soon'), from Latin promptus ('ready, prompt'), past participle of promere ('to bring out').

## AI Etymology
Pronto comes from Spanish pronto ('quick, soon'), from Latin promptus ('ready, prompt'), past participle of promere ('to bring out'). The historical chain includes Spanish pronto, Latin promptus, and Latin emere. The quoted older senses, "quick, soon", "ready, prompt", and "to bring out", supply the semantic anchors for pronto. The formation is best read as participial and borrowed: the word pronto carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adv, "promptly; without delay". Related English forms include prompt and prontosil. The result is a adv whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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