di scatto

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, “of jump”.

Adverb[edit]

with a sudden immediacy or rush; quickly, abruptly
- 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
  Si separarono di scatto.
  They sprang apart.
  (literally, “They separated abruptly.”)

Related terms[edit]

a scatti

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