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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Pronto

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Is it just to swedes "pronto" sounds like it would mean "hurry up"? Or is that everyone?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

In Italian it just means "ready", but in English is used in a completely different way. Probably Sweden got the usage from English

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Vad har det med Sverige att göra? As a Spanish speaker, that's just one its meanings in Spanish.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Ive always heard it to mean "hurry up" or "be quick" too.

... I am 1/4 swedish though so I dunno?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

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