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minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 个月前Is it just to swedes “pronto” sounds like it would mean “hurry up”? Or is that everyone?
minus-squareTheSlad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 个月前Ive always heard it to mean “hurry up” or “be quick” too. … I am 1/4 swedish though so I dunno?
minus-squareRiverGhost@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 个月前Vad har det med Sverige att göra? As a Spanish speaker, that’s just one its meanings in Spanish.
minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 个月前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.
minus-squarenefonous@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 个月前In 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