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Spanish
Etymology
From de and pronto.
Adverb
de pronto
- suddenly, all of a sudden, unexpectedly
- Synonyms: súbitamente, de repente
2015 July 30, “‘El share y la separata’ (4): ‘Sentirse una cucaracha’”, in El País:De pronto, cesa la barahúnda y hasta la figuración enmudece.- Suddenly, the uproar stops and even the extras fall silent.
- (Colombia, idiomatic) maybe, perhaps
- Synonyms: quizá, quizás, a lo mejor, tal vez
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