presto
adverb, adjective/ˈprestəʊ/
/ˈprestəʊ/
- (used as an instruction in a piece of music) very quicklyWord OriginItalian, ‘quick, quickly’, from late Latin praestus ‘ready’, from Latin praesto ‘at hand’.
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