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minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoIs it just to swedes “pronto” sounds like it would mean “hurry up”? Or is that everyone?
minus-squareRiverGhost@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoVad har det med Sverige att göra? As a Spanish speaker, that’s just one its meanings in Spanish.
minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months 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-up1·5 months 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?
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