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Old October 13, 2013, 06:50 AM
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De pronto / De repente

What is the difference in the usage of these two words?

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Old October 13, 2013, 07:02 AM
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What is the difference in the usage of these two words?

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None when used to mean the same.

De pronto can also be used like:

Por de pronto = for the moment but you cannot say por de repente....
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Old October 13, 2013, 07:48 AM
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de pronto = de repente

"De repente" may be an itsy bitty more colloquial because there is an exact proper formal adverb with the same origin: repentinamente

"De pronto" isn't formal or informal.


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Por de pronto = for the moment but you cannot say por de repente....
Por LO pronto ... (LO pronto = the nearest future)

Por lo pronto ... = sort of {"for the time being" but "short time" / "until it changes" / "a new element is needed for it to change"} with touches of "as far as we know".
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Old October 13, 2013, 10:08 AM
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Duh, I don't know what I was thinking....
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