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6-letter words (9 found)

OPTERS,POSTER,PRESTO,REPOST,REPOTS,RESPOT,STOPER,TOPERS,TROPES,

5-letter words (32 found)

ESTOP,ESTRO,OPTER,PERST,PERTS,PESTO,POETS,PORES,PORTS,POSER,POTES,PREST,PROSE,PROST,REPOS,REPOT,RESTO,ROPES,ROSET,ROTES,SPORE,SPORT,STOEP,STOPE,STORE,STREP,STROP,TOPER,TOPES,TORES,TORSE,TROPE,

4-letter words (45 found)

EPOS,EROS,ERST,OPES,OPTS,ORES,ORTS,PERT,PESO,PEST,PETS,POET,PORE,PORT,POSE,POST,POTE,POTS,PROS,REOS,REPO,REPS,REST,RETS,ROES,ROPE,ROSE,ROST,ROTE,ROTS,SEPT,SORE,SORT,SPET,SPOT,STEP,STOP,TOES,TOPE,TOPS,TORE,TORS,TOSE,TRES,TROP,

3-letter words (32 found)

ERS,EST,OES,OPE,OPS,OPT,ORE,ORS,ORT,OSE,PER,PES,PET,POS,POT,PRE,PRO,PST,REO,REP,RES,RET,ROE,ROT,SER,SET,SOP,SOT,TES,TOE,TOP,TOR,

2-letter words (14 found)

ER,ES,ET,OE,OP,OR,OS,PE,PO,RE,SO,ST,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 133 words from presto according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of presto

presto

Etymology

From Italian presto (“quickly”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɛstəʊ/
  • (US) enPR: prĕs'tō, IPA(key): /ˈpɹɛstoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛstəʊ

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

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈpɾes.tu]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈpɾes.to]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian presto.

Adverb

presto

  1. (music) presto

Noun

presto m (plural prestos)

  1. (music) presto (piece played very rapidly)

Etymology 2

Verb

presto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of prestar

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian presto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁɛs.to/

Adverb

presto

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

Derived terms

  • illico presto

Further reading

  • “presto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Verb

presto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of prestar

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɛ.sto/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsto
  • Hyphenation: prè‧sto

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

  1. (literary) ready
  2. (literary) fast, quick, nimble
Descendants
  • → French: preste

Adverb

presto

  1. soon
    Synonyms: tra poco, fra poco
    Ritorno presto. ― I will be back soon.
    Potrebbe piovere presto. ― It may rain soon.
  2. early
    Synonym: di buon'ora
    Non sono abituata a svegliarmi presto. ― I'm not accustomed to getting up early.
    Se ne andarono presto. ― They left early.
  3. quickly
    Synonyms: rapidamente, velocemente
    Spero che ti riprenderai presto. ― I hope you'll recover quickly.
  4. (music) presto
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → English: presto
  • → Ladino: presto

Etymology 2

Deverbal from prestare (“to lend”) +‎ -o.

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 corresponding lemma form.

Verb

presto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of prestare

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • sperto, sporte, spreto, spretò, sprote, 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

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛstu, -ɛʃtu
  • Hyphenation: pres‧to

Etymology 1

From Late Latin praestus, from the adverb praestō. 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
  2. right away, at once
  3. (music) presto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

presto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of prestar

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian presto.

Adverb

presto

  1. presto

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • prijesto (Ijekavian)

Alternative forms

  • prijestol (Croatia)

Etymology

From pre- +‎ sto.

Noun

prȅsto m (Cyrillic spelling пре̏сто)

  1. throne

Declension

Derived terms

  • prijéstōlje

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾesto/ [ˈpɾes.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -esto
  • Syllabification: pres‧to

Etymology 1

Inherited 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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

presto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of prestar

Further reading

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

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