Subito
ADVERB
Meaning and English translation 🔖
1. Immediately, right away
🇬🇧 Immediately, at once, without delay.
🇮🇹 Immediatamente, all'istante, senza indugio.
2. In a very short time
🇬🇧 In a very short time, very quickly.
🇮🇹 In pochissimo tempo, molto velocemente.
Example sentences 💬
Fallo subito, prima che sia troppo tardi!
Do it now, before it's too late!
Arrivo subito, non preoccuparti!
I'll be right there, don't worry!
Il dottore è venuto subito dopo la mia chiamata.
The doctor came immediately after my call.
Ha capito subito cosa intendevo dire.
He understood immediately what I meant to say.
Con questa medicina, ti sentirai subito meglio.
With this medicine, you'll feel better right away.
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Idioms with subito 🇮🇹
Torno subito
→ I'll be right back
Vado a prendere il caffè e torno subito.
I'm going to get coffee and I'll be right back.
Arriva subito
→ Coming right up
Signora, il suo ordine arriva subito.
Madame, your order is coming right up.
Subito dopo
→ Immediately after
Subito dopo la lezione, andremo al ristorante.
Immediately after the lesson, we'll go to the restaurant.
Fin da subito / Sin da subito
→ Right from the start
Ho capito fin da subito che sarebbe stato difficile.
I understood right from the start that it would be difficult.
Si vede subito
→ It's immediately obvious
Si vede subito che sei italiano dal modo in cui gesticoli.
It's immediately obvious that you're Italian from the way you gesture.
Ed è subito...
→ And suddenly it's...
I primi fiori sbocciano ed è subito primavera.
The first flowers bloom and suddenly it's spring.
Where does the word subito come from? 🔎
Subito comes from the Latin subĭto, the ablative form of the adjective subitus (sudden, unexpected). The latter is the past participle of the verb subire, composed of sub (under) and ire (to go), with the original meaning of "to go under" or "to approach stealthily," from which derives the sense of something happening suddenly.
