subito

See also: súbito

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian subito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.bɪ.təʊ/

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
• Hyphenation^(key): su‧bi‧to

Adverb

subito

1. (music) subito (suddenly, abruptly)

Synonyms

• yhtäkkiä

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.bi.to/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (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 (Germany (Berlin)):

  (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): [ˈsʊ.bɪ.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsuː.bi.to]

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): [sʊˈbiː.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [suˈbiː.to]

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, 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

• “subito”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025