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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread prontito #117953 12/18/03 09:22 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: prontito #117954 12/19/03 11:56 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 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.. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,347 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 867 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,548 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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