Borrowed fromSpanishpronto, fromLatinprōmptus.Doublet ofprompt.
pronto (notcomparable)
- (informal)Quickly, verysoon,promptly.
I need to finish this assignmentpronto.
2024 September 12, Sam Damshenas, “‘A new direction for the franchise’: Drag Race UK stars on “mind-blowing” season 6”, inGay Times[1]:“[…] I burst through the door with a pregnancy bump and shouted at him, pretending to be his mistress. I’ve never seen a man look so horrified in his life. I then went into a spontaneous lip-sync of ‘I Will Survive’.” (We need footage,pronto.)
pronto (comparativemorepronto,superlativemostpronto)
- (informal, rare)Quick,prompt.
2014, Gurpareet Bains, “Turkey Meatloaf”, inThe Superfood Diet, Bath, Somerset:Absolute Press,→ISBN, “Lunch” section,page77:For apronto lunch, take a slice or two to work and team with a tasty salad.
2020, Douglas J. Alford, “Dinos to Dinner”, inStories – of Self & Sharing, Alford Books,→ISBN,page 8:Wow! With apronto 'Poof' from Funky, Bronto the Brontosaurus appears.
FromLatinprōmptus.
- IPA(key): /ˈpɾonto/[ˈpɾõn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes:-onto
- Syllabification:pron‧to
pronto
- early
- Synonym:llueu
- soon
- Synonym:ceo
- nearby
- Synonym:cerca
FromLatinprōmptus.
- IPA(key): /ˈpɾonto/[ˈpɾon̪.t̪ʊ]
- Rhymes:-onto
- Hyphenation:pron‧to
pronto (femininepronta,masculine pluralprontos,feminine pluralprontas)
- prompt,speedy
- ready,at the ready;willing
- Estadesprontos? ―Are youready?
1861, José Sánchez de Santamarina, transl.,Gospel of Matthew, page115:Que si ben o esprito estápronto, a carne sin embargo é fraca- Because even if the spirit iswilling, the flesh is weak
pronto
- soon
- Synonyms:axiña,decontado
- early
- Synonym:cedo
- Antonym:tarde
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pronto”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pronto”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pronto”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN
FromLatinprōmptus.
pronto (femininepronta,masculine pluralpronti,feminine pluralpronte,superlativeprontissimo)
- ready,prepared
- Èpronto il pranzo? ―Is lunchready?
- willing,prompt,set
pronto m (pluralpronti)
- ready-made
pronto
- (telephony)hello(when answering the phone)
- pronto in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Derived fromLatinpromptus. Cognate withSpanishpronto.
pronto (Hebrew spellingפרונטו)[1]
- prepared;ready
- Synonym:preparado
20th century,Horozlu[2]:Para los ke estanprontos para kazar Vijtad el Magazen HOROZLU onde topareş vistidos modernos, Bonjures, Frakes, Işmoken, komple i kon presios baratos.- For those who areready to marry, visit the HOROZLU shop, where [it has] topareş modern clothes, Bonjures, Frakes, Işmoken and it completes with low prices.
pronto (Hebrew spellingפרונטו)[1]
- immediately;now
- Synonyms:apunto,imediatamente,luego,pishin
2006,יעקב כולי,מעם לועז בראשית: לקט : בצירוף מבואות, גלוסאר ומפתחות[3],הוצאת מכון מעלה אדומים,→ISBN:El rey respondio diziendo: "Pronto".- The king replied saying, 'Now.'
- prompto(pre-standardization spelling)
Learned borrowing fromLatinprōmptus.
- Rhymes:-õtu
- Hyphenation:pron‧to
pronto (femininepronta,masculine pluralprontos,feminine pluralprontas,comparable,comparativemaispronto,superlativeomaisprontoorprontíssimo,diminutiveprontinho,augmentativeprontão)
- ready,finished
O jantar estápronto.- Dinner isready.
1880,Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A perceptora [The preceptress]”, inContos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies][4], 2nd edition,Lisbon:Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published1905, page214:— Aqui me tem,prompto a luctar peito a peito contra o seu infortunio, e a vencêl-o.- “Here you have me,ready to fight chest-to-chest against your misfortune, and to win against it.”
- (by extension, of an answer)fast;instant;immediate(that does not delay)
- (by extension)fit,prepared
- (military)free,idle
- Synonyms:desocupado,ocioso
- (Can weverify(+) this sense?)present
- (Brazil, slang)penniless
For quotations using this term, seeCitations:pronto.
pronto
- (uncommon)promptly
pronto
- (telephony)hello(greeting when picking up the phone)
- Synonyms:alô,estou
- there,done
Pronto, entreguei minha redação!- There, I handed over my essay!
pronto m (pluralprontos)
- (military)trainedsoldier(soldier who completed their training period)
- “pronto”, iniDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital,2008–2025
- “pronto”, inDicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus,2009–2025
- “pronto”, inDicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa,2001–2025
- “pronto”, inDicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora,2003–2025
- “pronto”, inMichaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos,2015–2025
- “pronto”, inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam,2008–2025
FromLatinpromptus.
- IPA(key): /ˈpɾonto/[ˈpɾõn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes:-onto
- Syllabification:pron‧to
pronto (femininepronta,masculine pluralprontos,feminine pluralprontas)
- prompt,on time
- ready
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes,Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page268:Las liebres duermen con los ojos abiertos, para hacer creer a sus enemigos que están despiertas yprontas para huir.- Hares sleep with their eyes open, to fool their enemies into thinking they're awake andready to flee.
pronto (superlativeprontísimo)
- soon,promptly,any time soon
- Synonym:luego
- depronto ―suddenly
