subito

See also: súbito

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian subito.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuː.bɪ.təʊ/

Adverb

subito (not comparable)

  1. (music) Suddenly, abruptly.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsu.bi.to/

Adverb

subito (comparative plus subito, superlative le plus subito)

  1. suddenly

Italian

Etymology

From Latin subitō.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Rhymes: -ubito

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuː.bi.to/

Adverb

subito

  1. at once, immediately
  2. as soon as possible
  3. shortly
  4. right away
  5. forthwith
  6. instantly
  7. now
  8. straight away
  9. without delay

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /su.ˈbiː.to/

Verb

subito m (feminine singular subita, masculine plural subiti, feminine plural subite)

  1. past participle of subire
  2. past participle of subirsi

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsu.bi.toː/, [ˈsʊ.bɪ.toː]

Adverb

subitō (not comparable)

  1. suddenly
    Subito malum cecidit de arbore.
    Suddenly, an apple fell from the tree.

Descendants

  • Sicilian: sùbitu
  • Spanish: súbito
  • Venetian: sùito

Verb

subītō

  1. second-person singular future impersonal active imperative of subeō
  2. third-person singular future impersonal active imperative of subeō

References

  • subito in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • subito in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • subito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to speak extempore: subito, ex tempore (opp. ex praeparato) dicere
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