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subito

/ˈsuː.bɪ.təʊ/adverb

subito is an adverb meaning “Suddenly, abruptly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-U-B-I-T-O, and it appears about once in every 16 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does subito mean?

adverb

  1. 1

    Suddenly, abruptly.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce subito?

  • /ˈsuː.bɪ.təʊ/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is subito?

Subito appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does subito come from?

Borrowed from Italian subito.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).