presto
exclamation/ˈprestəʊ/
/ˈprestəʊ/
(North American English) (British English hey presto)
- something that people say when they have just done something so quickly and easily that it seems to have been done by magic
- something that people say just before they finish a magic trick
Word OriginItalian, ‘quick, quickly’, from late Latin praestus ‘ready’, from Latin praesto ‘at hand’.
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