different between presto vs spark

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

• (General American) enPR: spärk, IPA^(key): /sp??k/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: späk, IPA^(key): /sp??k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k
• Homophone: SPARC

Etymology 1

From Middle English sparke, sperke, from Old English spearca, from Proto-Germanic *sprakô (compare Dutch spark and sprank, Middle Low German sparke), from Proto-Indo-European *sperg- (“to strew, sprinkle”) (compare Breton erc’h (“snow”), Latin sparg? (“to scatter, spread”), sparsus (“scattered”), Lithuanian sprógti (“to germinate”), Ancient Greek ??????? (spargá?, “to swell”), Avestan ????????????????????????????????????????? (frasparega, “branch, twig”), Sanskrit ??????? (parjanya, “rain, rain god”)).

Noun

spark (plural sparks)

1. A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire.
2. A short or small burst of electrical discharge.
3. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
4. (figuratively) A small amount of something, such as an idea or romantic affection, that has the potential to become something greater, just as a spark can start a fire.
   • , Book IV, Chapter XVII

     But though we have, here and there, a little of this clear light, some sparks of bright knowledge

   • 2013, Phil McNulty, "[1]", BBC Sport, 1 September 2013:

     Everton's Marouane Fellaini looks one certain arrival but Moyes, who also saw United held to a draw by Chelsea at Old Trafford on Monday, needs even more of a spark in a midfield that looked laboured by this team's standards.

5. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Indomalayan genus Sinthusa.
6. (in plural sparks but treated as a singular) A ship's radio operator.
7. (Britain, slang) An electrician.

Synonyms

• (small particle of glowing matter): ember, gnast, funk
• (small amount of something, such as an idea, that has the potential to become something greater): beginnings, germ, glimmer

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Esperanto: sparko

Translations

Verb

spark (third-person singular simple present sparks, present participle sparking, simple past and past participle sparked)

1. (transitive, figuratively) To trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc).
2. (transitive) To light; to kindle.
   • 2009, Alex Jenson, The Serotonin Grand Prix (page 12)

     Byron sparked the cigarette. He sucked it dramatically and thrust it into Marko's hand.

3. (intransitive) To give off a spark or sparks.

Derived terms

• spark off
• sparkle

Translations

Etymology 2

Probably Scandinavian, akin to Old Norse sparkr (“sprightly”).

Noun

spark (plural sparks)

1. A gallant; a foppish young man.

   • The finest sparks and cleanest beaux.

   • Jones had no sooner quitted the room, than the petty-fogger, in a whispering tone, asked Mrs Whitefield, “If she knew who that fine spark was?”

2. A beau, lover.

Verb

spark (third-person singular simple present sparks, present participle sparking, simple past and past participle sparked)

1. (intransitive) To woo, court; to act the gallant or beau.

Synonyms

• make love, romance, solicit; see also Thesaurus:woo

Derived terms

• sparkish
• sparker

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• K-spar, Karps, Parks, Praks, parks

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse spark, verbal noun to sparka (“to kick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spark/, [sb?????]

Noun

spark n (singular definite sparket, plural indefinite spark)

1. kick

Inflection

Verb

spark

1. imperative of sparke

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spa??k/

Noun

spark n (genitive singular sparks, plural spørk)

1. kick

Declension

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From sparka (“to kick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spar?k/
• Rhymes: -ar?k

Noun

spark n (genitive singular sparks, nominative plural spörk)

1. kick

Declension

Middle English

Noun

spark

1. Alternative form of sparke

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

spark n (definite singular sparket, indefinite plural spark, definite plural sparka or sparkene)

1. a kick (with a foot)

Derived terms

• brassespark
• frispark
• hjørnespark
• straffespark

Related terms

• sparke

Verb

spark

1. imperative of sparke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

spark n (definite singular sparket, indefinite plural spark, definite plural sparka)

1. a kick (with a foot)

Derived terms

• brassespark
• frispark
• hjørnespark
• straffespark

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse spark, from sparka (“to kick”).

Noun

spark c

1. kick
2. kicksled; short for sparkstötting

Declension

Anagrams

• karps, parks, skarp