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inmediato

immediate

adjective een-meh-DYAH-toh Less Common
Time Time Expressions

Also means

nearby

Usage Note

Inmediato means immediate in time (respuesta inmediata, immediate response) and also spatially adjacent (en las inmediaciones, in the vicinity). The adverb de inmediato is the standard phrase for 'right away' in formal and written Spanish, preferred over inmediatamente in many registers.

Examples

"Necesitamos una solución inmediata al problema."

Natural Translation

We need an immediate solution to the problem.

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