A1🔤 Letters O & P
Italian word
pronto
ready; 'hello' on the phone
Looks like
prompt
done without delay; a reminder text in a script
⚠️ The trap
Italians answer the phone with 'Pronto?' (literally 'Ready?'). English speakers who know the word only as 'ready' are confused when they hear it as a phone greeting. Also, 'in pronto soccorso' = in the emergency room (not 'in prompt care').
To say "done without delay; a reminder text in a script" in Italian:
pronto (correct for ready and phone hello)
"pronto" in English means:
ready; 'hello' on the phone
Example
"Pronto! Chi parla?"
"Hello! Who's speaking?"
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