presto

«presto» in Mova's school dictionary: suddenly and as if by magic, with something happening at… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb; interjection

meaning for a pupil

1) Presto means suddenly and as if by magic, with something happening at once. tree →

2) In music presto means very fast. tree →

sense in the lessons

used in tales when a wish or spell works at once, often with «hey, presto!»

examples

• He took the bag and, presto! was gone. tree →
• Hey, presto! The dog came with eyes as big as saucers. tree →
• The magician waved his hand, and presto, the rabbit was gone. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «presto» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.