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This time that dictionary gave me a problem. It defined "pronto" but not "prontito" which I suppose is a superlative. " "Get him and saddle him as quick as you can."
"Prontito, senor."
pronto A adverbio1 (= dentro de poco) soon el tren estará pronto aquí the train will be here soon pronto hará diez años que nos casamos it will soon be ten years since we got married cuanto más pronto mejor the sooner the better ¡hasta pronto! see you soon! lo más pronto posible as soon as possible 2 (España) (= temprano) early acostarse pronto to go to bed early levantarse pronto to get up early 3 (= rápidamente) quickly se hizo famoso muy pronto he became famous very quickly ¡venid aquí, pronto! come here, right now or quickly! ◆MODISMO:se dice (muy) pronto (informal) (algo difícil) it's easier said than done (algo sorprendente) it's quite a thought 4 (otras locuciones) al pronto at first de pronto (= repentinamente) suddenly (= inesperadamente) unexpectedly (Colombia, Río de la Plata) (= a lo mejor) maybe; perhaps por de or lo pronto (= por ahora) for now; for the moment (= en primer lugar) for a start; for one thing tan pronto se ríe, tan pronto llora one minute he's laughing, the next he's crying te llamaré tan pronto como sepa algo I'll call you as soon as I hear anything B adjetivo (uso formal) [regreso, solución, mejoría] swift [respuesta] prompt [servicio, persona] quick C sustantivo masculino (España) (informal) (= arrebato) le dio un pronto y se largó he left on a sudden impulse tiene unos prontos muy malos he gets ratty all of a sudden (informal)
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Technically it's diminutive, but, given the meaning, I have no trouble interpreting it as being intensive. If you translate pronto as "in a second" prontito could be "in a fraction of a second."
Maybe Connie has heard this. Or perhaps Emanuela knows a similar usage in Italian..
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