subito
See also: súbito
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsuː.bɪ.təʊ/
Adverb
subito (not comparable)
Related terms
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian subito, from Latin subitō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsy.bi.toː/
- Hyphenation: su‧bi‧to
Adverb
subito
- immediately, suddenly
- Synonyms: opeens, plotseling, subiet
- (music) suddenly, abruptly
Related terms
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsubito/, [ˈs̠ubit̪o̞]
- Rhymes: -ubito
- Syllabification(key): su‧bi‧to
- Hyphenation(key): su‧bi‧to
Adverb
subito
Synonyms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.bi.to/
Audio: (file)
Adverb
subito
Further reading
- “subito”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzuːbito/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: su‧bi‧to
Adverb
subito
- (music) subito
- (colloquial) quickly, immediately
Further reading
- “subito” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “subito” in Duden online
- “subito” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsu.bi.to/
Adverb
subito (comparative plus subito, superlative le plus subito)
Italian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsu.bi.to/
- Rhymes: -ubito
- Hyphenation: sù‧bi‧to
Adverb
subito
Descendants
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suˈbi.to/
- Rhymes: -ito
- Hyphenation: su‧bì‧to
Participle
subito (feminine subita, masculine plural subiti, feminine plural subite)
- past participle of subire
Further reading
- subito2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology 1
Via the meaning "coming up closely, sneaking up suddenly".
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsʊ.bɪ.toː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsuː.bi.t̪o]
Participle
subitō
- dative/ablative singular masculine/neuter of subitus
Adjective
subitō
- dative/ablative singular masculine/neuter of subitus (“sudden, unexpected”)
Adverb
subitō (not comparable)
Descendants
See subitus.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sʊˈbiː.toː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [suˈbiː.t̪o]
Verb
subītō
- second/third-person singular future impersonal active imperative of subeō
References
- “subito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “subito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- subito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to speak extempore: subito, ex tempore (opp. ex praeparato) dicere
- (ambiguous) to speak extempore: subito, ex tempore (opp. ex praeparato) dicere
Norwegian Bokmål
Adverb
subito
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adverb
subito
Romanian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsu.bi.to/
- Rhymes: -ubito
- Hyphenation: su‧bi‧to
Adverb
subito
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suˈbi.to/
- Rhymes: -ito
- Hyphenation: su‧bi‧to
Adjective
subito
- vocative feminine singular of subit
Further reading
- “subito”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025