presto

[ pres-toh ]
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adverb
  1. quickly, rapidly, or immediately.

  2. at a rapid tempo (used as a musical direction).

adjective
  1. quick or rapid.

  2. executed at a rapid tempo (used as a musical direction).

noun,plural pres·tos.
  1. Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.

Origin of presto

1
1590–1600; <Italian: quick, quickly <Late Latin praestus (adj.) ready, Latin praestō (adv.) at hand

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British Dictionary definitions for presto

presto

/ (ˈprɛstəʊ) /


adjective, adverb
  1. music to be played very fast

adverb
  1. immediately, suddenly, or at once (esp in the phrase hey presto)

nounplural -tos
  1. music a movement or passage directed to be played very quickly

Origin of presto

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C16: from Italian: fast, from Late Latin praestus (adj) ready to hand, Latin praestō (adv) present

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