subito

See also: súbito

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian subito.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuː.bɪ.təʊ/

Adverb

subito (not comparable)

  1. (music) Suddenly, abruptly.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian subito, from Latin subitō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsy.bi.toː/
  • Hyphenation: su‧bi‧to

Adverb

subito

  1. immediately, suddenly
    Synonyms: opeens, plotseling, subiet
  2. (music) suddenly, abruptly

Finnish

Etymology

Italian subito

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsubito/, [ˈs̠ubit̪o̞]
  • Rhymes: -ubito
  • Syllabification(key): su‧bi‧to
  • Hyphenation(key): su‧bi‧to

Adverb

subito

  1. (music) subito (suddenly, abruptly)

Synonyms

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sy.bi.to/
  • Audio:(file)

Adverb

subito

  1. suddenly; abruptly

Further reading

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian subito.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzuːbito/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: su‧bi‧to

Adverb

subito

  1. (music) subito
  2. (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)

  1. suddenly

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin subitō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsu.bi.to/
  • Rhymes: -ubito
  • Hyphenation: sù‧bi‧to

Adverb

subito

  1. at once, immediately, as soon as possible, shortly
Descendants
  • Neapolitan: subbeto
  • Slavomolisano: subita

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suˈbi.to/
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Hyphenation: su‧bì‧to

Participle

subito (feminine subita, masculine plural subiti, feminine plural subite)

  1. 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

Participle

subitō

  1. dative/ablative singular masculine/neuter of subitus

Adjective

subitō

  1. dative/ablative singular masculine/neuter of subitus (sudden, unexpected)

Adverb

subitō (not comparable)

  1. suddenly
    Synonym: dē subitō
    Subitō mālum cecidit dē arbore.
    Suddenly, an apple fell from the tree.

Descendants

See subitus.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

subītō

  1. 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

Norwegian Bokmål

Adverb

subito

  1. (music) subito

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adverb

subito

  1. (music) subito

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian subito.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsu.bi.to/
  • Rhymes: -ubito
  • Hyphenation: su‧bi‧to

Adverb

subito

  1. (music) subito

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suˈbi.to/
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Hyphenation: su‧bi‧to

Adjective

subito

  1. vocative feminine singular of subit

Further reading