Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

presto chango

/ˌpɹɛs.toʊ ˈtʃeɪn.dʒoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables: presto chango
IPA: /ˌpɹɛs.toʊ ˈtʃeɪn.dʒoʊ/

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Indicates the suddenness of a change or transformation, as a magic trick in which one object appears to be suddenly transformed into another.

Informal

Example Sentences

"1929, Business Week, advertisement, Just one touch lets you go from black to a second color. Presto. Chango. Or back to black. Presto. Chango. Color copies have never been easier."
"PRESTO CHANGO! From a dreary, commonplace piece to a smart colorful chair shining with personality."
""...An' presto-chango, you got yourself a twenty-eight-by-sixty-foot house.""
"Tom nodded solemnly. "Presto Chango," he said. Then he looked at the policeman again. "My name is Joshua Cameron," he announced, and the policeman wrote that down."
"Watch and before your eyes, presto chango, a capital crime of the most hideous sort will be turned into a superstition,...."
"Jesus is the ultimate stain lifter. He removes the stain of our sin, and presto, chango!"

Etymology

From presto + rhyming variation of change.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌpɹɛs.toʊ ˈtʃeɪn.dʒoʊ/
British English: /ˌpɹɛs.təʊ ˈtʃeɪn.dʒəʊ/

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

presto changeo (alternative) presto change-o (alternative)

Synonyms

hey presto presto abracadabra alakazam hey pass hocus-pocus kazaam presto chango shablam shazam

Questions

How do you pronounce presto chango?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpɹɛs.toʊ ˈtʃeɪn.dʒoʊ/.
What does presto chango mean?: Indicates the suddenness of a change or transformation, as a magic trick in which one object appears to be suddenly transformed into another.
Where does presto chango come from?: From presto + rhyming variation of change.

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