illico presto

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.li.ko pʁɛs.to/

Adverb

illico presto

1. (colloquial, emphatic) pronto, right away
   • 1997, MC Solaar (lyrics and music), “Illico presto”, in Paradisiaque:

     Tout est dit dans Umberto Eco / J’ai besoin de vrai love illico presto / vrai love, illico presto

     Everything is said in Umberto Eco / I need real love, right away / real love, right now

   • 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:

     Je suis passé sur le billard, on m’a recousu et je suis revenu ici illico presto.

     I went under the surgeon's knife, they sewed me back up and I came back here right away.

Further reading

• “illico presto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.