subito

See also: súbito

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian subito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.bɪ.təʊ/
• (Or su-BI-tou)

Adverb

subito (not comparable)

1. (music) Suddenly, abruptly.

Related terms

• volti subito

 

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

Related terms

• subiet

Finnish

Etymology

Italian subito

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

subito

1. (music) subito (suddenly, abruptly)

Synonyms

• yhtäkkiä

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.bi.to/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adverb

subito

1. suddenly; abruptly

Further reading

• “subito”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.bi.toː/, [ˈs̠ʊbɪt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.bi.to/, [ˈsuːbit̪o]

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /suˈbiː.toː/, [s̠ʊˈbiːt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /suˈbi.to/, [suˈbiːt̪o]

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

Borrowed from Italian subito.

Adverb

subito

1. (music) subito

References

• subito in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN