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▪ I. pronto, a. Mus.|ˈpronto|
[a. It. pronto ready, prompt, f. L. promptus quick: cf. next.]
(See quots.)
Quot. 1740 represents quasi-adv. use.
1740J. Grassineau Mus. Dict. 184 Pronto, readily, quick, nimbly, without loss of time. 1908L. J. De Bekker Stokes' Encycl. Mus. & Musicians 517/2 Pronto, It. Quick, ready. 1938Oxf. Compan. Mus. 759/1 Pronto (It.) ‘Ready’, ‘prompt’. So Prontamente, ‘promptly’.
▪ II. pronto, adv. colloq. (orig. U.S.).|ˈprɒntəʊ|
[a. Sp. pronto, f. as prec.]
Quickly; promptly, straight away.
[1850L. H. Garrard Wah-to-Yah ix. 134 Bent told him to vamos, prento! (go quick). Ibid. xi. 162 Me be off prento. Ibid. xvii. 225 Esta—‘here’—said she... Vamos—prento, por el rancheros—‘go quick for the rancheros.’] 1911H. B. Wright Winning of Barbara Worth v. 96 All we have to do with it is to push for Rubio City pronto. 1926J. Black You can't Win vi. 66 If we was in the city I'd take fifty cents of it purty pronto. 1934R. Macaulay Going Abroad ii. 26, I bring zem wizout fail; pronto, right away. 1938E. Bowen Death of Heart iii. v. 405 I'm going to take you right back—now, pronto, at once. 1948‘N. Shute’ No Highway v. 128 Will you..get Honey back here, pronto? 1952M. Allingham Tiger in Smoke x. 165 When the war ended you were slung out pronto. 1966Listener 22 Dec. 927/3 He finished up by saying that there would be a punitive expedition pretty pronto if the stuff was not returned. 1976P. Cave High Flying Birds iii. 33 You tell that bastard to come and see me... Pronto. |