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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presto/#m1)

2) In music presto means very fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presto/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presto/#x1)
- Hey, presto! The dog came with eyes as big as saucers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presto/#x2)
- The magician waved his hand, and presto, the rabbit was gone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presto/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «presto» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presto/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.