pronto

1. informalnot comparableQuickly, very soon, promptly.

   I need to finish this assignment pronto.

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   “[…] I burst through the door with a pregnancy bump and shouted at him, pretending to be his mistress. I’ve never seen a man look so horrified in his life. I then went into a spontaneous lip-sync of ‘I Will Survive’.” (We need footage, pronto.)

   2024 September 12, Sam Damshenas, “‘A new direction for the franchise’: Drag Race UK stars on “mind-blowing” season 6”, in Gay Times

   You really can't handle hot weather. If a host has a fever, get out of there pronto.

   2023, translated in 2025, Berta Páramo and translated by Marc Correa Haro, Lice: How to Survive on Humans, page 74

comparative more pronto · superlative most pronto

1. informalrareQuick, prompt.

   Wow! With a pronto 'Poof' from Funky, Bronto the Brontosaurus appears.

   2020, Douglas J. Alford, “Dinos to Dinner”, in Stories – of Self & Sharing, Alford Books, →ISBN, page 8

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   For a pronto lunch, take a slice or two to work and team with a tasty salad.

   2014, Gurpareet Bains, “Turkey Meatloaf”, in The Superfood Diet, Bath, Somerset: Absolute Press, →ISBN, “Lunch” section, page 77

   In pronto reaction time, Zeth chose to drive a black armored truck, […]

   2019, Allen Knox, “Under the Rabbit Skin”, in Afternoon Solipsism (Insinmind; 1), Bloomington, Ind.: Balboa Press, →ISBN