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minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIs it just to swedes “pronto” sounds like it would mean “hurry up”? Or is that everyone?
minus-squareTheSlad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIve always heard it to mean “hurry up” or “be quick” too. … I am 1/4 swedish though so I dunno?
minus-squareRiverGhost@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoVad har det med Sverige att göra? As a Spanish speaker, that’s just one its meanings in Spanish.
minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoOh, maybe thats where I’m getting it from then. I know other swedes who have reacted that way to hearing an italian answering the phone.
minus-squarenefonous@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIn Italian it just means “ready”, but in English is used in a completely different way. Probably Sweden got the usage from English
Is it just to swedes “pronto” sounds like it would mean “hurry up”? Or is that everyone?
Ive always heard it to mean “hurry up” or “be quick” too.
… I am 1/4 swedish though so I dunno?
Vad har det med Sverige att göra? As a Spanish speaker, that’s just one its meanings in Spanish.
Oh, maybe thats where I’m getting it from then. I know other swedes who have reacted that way to hearing an italian answering the phone.
In Italian it just means “ready”, but in English is used in a completely different way. Probably Sweden got the usage from English