Using "rapido" as a command
"Rápido" is an adjective or adverb based on the usage BUT it could also be used as a command in the sense of telling someone to do something quickly. Can the ending of the word change if it is being used as a command?
For example, if I was telling my female friend to do something quickly would I say "rápida"? And to my male friend would I say "rápido?"
8 Answers
If you have two or more adverbs ending in –mente in a row, you only put –mente on the last one: Ex:Corrimos rápida y fácilmente. You leave the first one in its adjective form, but technically, rapida is an adverb in this usage. I would think rapido/rapidament would be fine either way in your example, but I am not an native speaker, so I am not the one to answer this question. In English we can say "Come quick" or "Come quickly". I don't think it matters, but I would like to know what others have to say.
For more insight, listen to the song "La Chica Sexy" by Los Tucanes de Tijuana. I'm referring to the line, "Y la chica se mueve suave, y la chica se mueve rico." Rico is being used as an adverb instead of ricamente.
¡Rápido! is used as an imperative all the time, but grammatically there is no verb conjugation of it because it´s not a verb. This is similar to Hurry! / Quick!
If you use rápido as an adverb, which is also very common, it can only be used in the masculine gender.
The RAE considers the adverbial usage as a "trendy adverb" rather than a proper adverb, which is rapidamente.
No. You use rápido on both. The gender only applies when using it as an adjective.
I suggest:¡ De prisa! ( hurry)
Rapido is just a thing to say! Rapido! Rapido!
you just say: andale, corrale, rapido, vente
and they would say: ahi voy de volada
Interesting. I see that 'rápidamente' exists as an adverb, but could one also use 'rápido' as an adverb, like if I want to tell someone to come quickly, can I say, simply, 'ven, muy rápido ?
If so, this would make 'rápido' very much like the word 'fast' in English, which doesn't change between adjective & adverb form: 'The fast car moves very fast'...
