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English

Etymology

From Italian presto (“quickly”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??st??/
• (US) enPR: pr?s't?, IPA^(key): /?p??sto?/
• Rhymes: -?st??

Adverb

presto (not comparable)

1. (music) Very fast or quickly; a directive for the musician(s) to play in a very quick tempo.

Interjection

presto

1. Used by magicians when performing a trick; ta-da; voilà.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• abracadabra

Noun

presto (uncountable)

1. (poker slang) A pair of fives as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.

References

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN

Anagrams

• Portes, Strope, e-sport, eSport, esport, opster, opters, petros, poster, repost, repots, respot, sprote, topers, tropes

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?p?es.to/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?p?es.tu/

Verb

presto

1. first-person singular present indicative form of prestar

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian presto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??s.to/

Adverb

presto

1. (music) presto
2. (colloquial) quickly

Derived terms

• illico presto

Further reading

• “presto” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pr?s.to/
• Rhymes: -?sto
• Hyphenation: prè?sto

Etymology 1

From Late Latin praestus, from the Latin praest? (“at hand”, adverb). Compare Catalan prest, French prêt.

Adjective

presto (feminine presta, masculine plural presti, feminine plural preste)

1. (literary) ready
2. (literary) fast, quick, nimble

Descendants

• ? French: preste

Adverb

presto

1. soon

   Synonyms: tra poco, fra poco

2. early

   Synonym: di buon'ora

3. quickly

   Synonyms: rapidamente, velocemente

4. (music) presto

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? English: presto

Etymology 2

Deverbal of prestare (“to lend”).

Noun

presto m (plural presti) (archaic)

1. loan

   Synonym: prestito

2. usury (practice of lending money at excessive interest rates)

   Synonym: usura

3. pawnshop

   Synonym: banco dei pegni

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

presto

1. first-person singular present of prestare

Further reading

• presto¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• presto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti

Anagrams

• sporte, spreto, spretò, sterpo, sterpò

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian presto (“ready”).

Adverb

presto

1. (music) presto

Noun

presto m (definite singular prestoen, indefinite plural prestoer, definite plural prestoene)

1. music being played presto

Usage notes

• Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.

References

• “presto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian presto (“ready”).

Adverb

presto

1. (music) presto

Noun

presto m (definite singular prestoen, indefinite plural prestoar, definite plural prestoane)

1. music being played presto

References

• “presto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Late Latin praestus, from the adverb praesto. Compare Catalan prest, Italian presto, French prêt. The meaning pertaining to music comes from Italian presto.

Adjective

presto m (feminine singular presta, masculine plural prestos, feminine plural prestas, comparable)

1. quick, swift, prompt
2. ready, prepared

Adverb

presto (comparative mais presto superlative o mais presto)

1. immediately, promptly
2. right away, at once
3. (music) presto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

presto

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of prestar

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• prijesto (Ijekavian)

Etymology

From pre- +? sto.

Alternative forms

• prijestol (Croatian)

Noun

pr?sto m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. throne

Declension

Derived terms

• prijést?lje

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?esto/, [?p?es.t?o]

Etymology 1

From Late Latin praestus, from the adverb praesto. Compare Catalan prest, Italian presto, French prêt. The meaning pertaining to music comes from Italian presto.

Adjective

presto (feminine presta, masculine plural prestos, feminine plural prestas)

1. quick, swift, prompt
2. ready, prepared

Adverb

presto

1. immediately, promptly, soon
2. (music) presto
3. right away, at once

Derived terms

• aprestar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

presto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of prestar.

Further reading

• “presto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???st??/

Etymology 1

Clipping of restaurant + -o (colloquializing suffix).

Noun

resto (plural restos)

1. (informal) A restaurant.

Etymology 2

Clipping of restoration + -o (colloquializing suffix).

Noun

resto (plural restos)

1. (informal) A restoration (of an old car or building, etc.).

Anagrams

• estro-, roset, rotes, sorte, store, tores, torse

Catalan

Verb

resto

1. first-person singular present indicative form of restar

Esperanto

Etymology

From resti +? -o, probably influenced by English rest, Spanish resto, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?resto/
• Hyphenation: res?to
• Rhymes: -esto
• Audio:

Noun

resto (accusative singular reston, plural restoj, accusative plural restojn)

1. rest, remainder

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?resto/

Noun

resto (genitive resto, partitive restot)

1. restaurant

   Synonym: restoran

Declension

French

Alternative forms

• restau

Etymology

Clipping of restaurant + -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s.to/

Noun

resto m (plural restos)

1. (colloquial) resto, restaurant

Derived terms

Further reading

• “resto” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rotes, sorte, store, tores, torse

Galician

Noun

resto m (plural restos)

1. the rest
2. (mathematics) remainder
3. (in the plural) remains

Ido

Noun

resto (plural resti)

1. stay (overnight in a place)

Derived terms

Interlingua

Noun

resto (plural restos)

1. remainder

Italian

Pronunciation

• rèsto, IPA^(key): /?r?s.to/
• Rhymes: -?sto

Noun

resto m (plural resti)

1. rest, remainder, balance
2. change, rest
3. (in the plural) remains (of a body etc.), leftovers (of food), ruins (of a building)
4. (mathematics) remainder

Synonyms

• avanzo
• residuo

Related terms

Verb

resto

1. first-person singular present indicative of restare

Anagrams

• estro, serto, sorte, terso, torse

Latin

Etymology

From re- +? st? (“stand; stay, remain”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?res.to?/, [?r?s?t?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?res.to/, [?r?st??]

Verb

rest? (present infinitive rest?re, perfect active restit?); first conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

1. I stand firm; I stay behind
2. I remain

Conjugation

• Perfect forms like rest?v?, subjunctive rest?verit are occasionally found.

Derived terms

• restit?

Descendants

References

• resto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• resto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.

Portuguese

Etymology

From restar (“to be left”), from Latin rest?re, present active infinitive of rest?, from re- +? st?.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /????.tu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /???s.tu/, [???s?.t??]
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /?h?s.to/

Noun

resto m (plural restos)

1. (uncountable, usually with article o) the rest (that which remains)

   Synonym: restante

2. remainder; leftover (something left behind)

   Synonym: sobra

3. (arithmetic) remainder (amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend)

Coordinate terms

• (division remainder): dividendo, divisor, quociente

Derived terms

Related terms

Verb

resto

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of restar

Spanish

Etymology

From restar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?resto/, [?res.t?o]
• Rhymes: -esto

Noun

resto m (plural restos)

1. rest, remainder

   Synonym: sobra

2. (mathematics) remainder

Derived terms

• echar el resto

Verb

resto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of restar.

References

• “resto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Anagrams