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[ pron-toh ] / ˈprɒn toʊ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pronto ON THESAURUS.COM
Origin of pronto1840–50, Americanism;<Spanish (adj. and adv.) quick, quickly <Latin promptusprompt (adj.) Words nearby prontopronotum, pronoun, pronounce, pronounced, pronouncement, pronto, pronuclear, pronucleus, pronuke, pronunciamento, pronunciation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for prontoStep away politely, apologise profusely, and find a taxi, pronto. Does California’s College Rape Bill Go Too Far In Regulating Sex?|Emma Woolf|June 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST They yapped and pulled at their leads with such energy that Winkelmann insisted we climb back into the sled, pronto. Visiting the Arctic Circle…Before It’s Irreversibly Changed|Terry Greene Sterling|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST Help us understand them, those Iraqis and Afghans, better ... and pronto. Send in the Marines—and the Anthropologists too?|John Kael Weston|August 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST I wrote two books about Raylan before the series [Riding the Rap and Pronto]. The Elmore Leonard Interview|Allen Barra|April 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
While we're at it, move Law & Order: SVU back to Wednesdays at 10 p.m. again, pronto. NBC, You've Blown It Again!|Jace Lacob|October 26, 2010|DAILY BEAST You go ahead and get that dam finished, pronto, if you have to put a thousand men on it and work 'em Sundays as well as nights. The Real Man|Francis Lynde "That's a detail that's goin' to be taken care of pronto," stated Wallie. The Lone Ranger Rides|Fran Striker An' since coyotes don't ride, you get off'n them cayuses, pronto. Hopalong Cassidy|Clarence E. Mulford Tell me what you're wantin' or pull your freight out of here, pronto! Square Deal Sanderson|Charles Alden Seltzer He gave the pinto a cautious slap on the flank and Pronto started off down the trail. Rimrock Trail|J. Allan Dunn
British Dictionary definitions for pronto
adverbinformal at once; promptly Word Origin for prontoC20: from Spanish: quick, from Latin promptus prompt Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to prontopromptly, fast, now, quickly, soon |