soon

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

1. Short in length of time from the present.
2. Early.
3. Used as an alternative to express 'to be going to' in the form 'to be soon to'.

Adv

1. (obsolete) Immediately, instantly.
2. Within a short time; quickly.
3. Early.
4. Readily; willingly; used with would, or some other word expressing will.

Conceptos

pronto

en seguida

luego

ahora mismo

inmediatamente

breveen

próximamente

temprano

recién

breve

ahora

enseguida

mero

hace poco

apresuradamente

deprisa

rapidamente

rapido

rápido

sin demora

presto

justo

al rato

en un momento

dentro poco

al instante

baldaŭ

dentro de poco

por ahora

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/suːn/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English sone, from Old English sōna (“immediately, at once”), from Proto-West Germanic *sān(ō), from Proto-Germanic *sēna, *sēnô (“immediately, soon, then”), from *sa (demonstrative pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *só (demonstrative pronoun).
Cognate with Scots sone, sune, schone (“soon, quickly, at once”), North Frisian san (“immediately, at once”), dialectal Dutch zaan (“soon, before long”), Middle Low German sân (“right afterwards, soon”), Middle High German sān, son (“soon, then”), Old High German sār (“immediately, soon”). Compare also Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 (suns, “immediately, soon”), from Proto-Germanic *suniz (“soon”).

Oraciones

The pleasant hours fly by much too soon .

Las agradables horas vuelan demasiado pronto.

Mann soon found work as an engineering apprentice .

Mann pronto encontró trabajo como aprendiz de ingeniería.

He died soon after his resignation from the Bussey professorship .

Murió poco después de su renuncia de la cátedra Bussey.

Fireside Poets were soon regarded as old-fashioned .

Los poetas de Fireside pronto fueron considerados anticuados.

Settlers soon began arriving , building homesteads , barns , businesses , and ranches .

Los colonos pronto comenzaron a llegar, construyendo granjas, graneros, negocios y ranchos.