pronto
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5.6
- adverb
- /ˈprɒntoʊ/
- Informal
- Anyways, just wanted to let you know I'm ready for fall to get here pronto.
Examples
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I need the report finished pronto so we can move forward with the project.
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If we rely on the same intel that brought us Benghazi, we better start building bomb shelters pronto.
Blog text (18) -
Just get them here pronto!
Blog text (25) -
Let's go pronto!
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"I have some that I wear," Maggie continued, "and some others that I keep by the window, so they get air." "—but I really need those numbers pronto if I'm going to make my plane."
Fiction book (1998) -
If you want to catch the bus, you have to run pronto!
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The chef asked for the ingredients to be delivered pronto before the dinner rush.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
At a fast speed or without delay
∞
1.0
Happening or done without any delay
310
1.0
Right away without any delay
237
1.0
Immediately without delay
130
4.0
As soon as you can
93
2.1
Without delay or at the planned time
49
3.2
Right away without any hesitation
25
5.6
Happen at once without delay
22
3.2
Without delay after something happens
19
3.5
Very quickly without delay
11
7.3
In a quick and efficient way
6
2.4
To act quickly without delay
4
7.4
As quickly as possible
Antonyms
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pronto comes from Italian and Spanish and originally means 'ready', the same idea behind the English word prompt. So pronto is used to tell someone to act 'very quickly'.