See presto in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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"name": "tlb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"prè‧sto"
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"loan"
],
"links": [
[
"loan",
"loan"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "prestito"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"usury (practice of lending money at excessive interest rates)"
],
"links": [
[
"usury",
"usury"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "usura"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"pawnshop"
],
"links": [
[
"pawnshop",
"pawnshop"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "banco dei pegni"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈprɛ.sto/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛsto"
}
],
"word": "presto"
}
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"categories": [
"Italian 2-syllable words",
"Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"Italian non-lemma forms",
"Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Italian terms with audio pronunciation",
"Italian verb forms",
"Pages with 11 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Italian/ɛsto",
"Rhymes:Italian/ɛsto/2 syllables",
"it:Time"
],
"etymology_number": 3,
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
"name": "nonlemma"
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],
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"args": {
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},
"expansion": "presto",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"prè‧sto"
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "prestare"
}
],
"glosses": [
"first-person singular present indicative of prestare"
],
"links": [
[
"prestare",
"prestare#Italian"
]
],
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"archaic",
"first-person",
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"indicative",
"present",
"singular"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈprɛ.sto/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛsto"
}
],
"word": "presto"
}
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