de súbito vs de pronto

Question

I was recently reading dual English and Spanish book, where "de súbito" was translated as "suddenly," and "de pronto" was similarly translated as "suddenly."

Is there any difference between these two phrases? Are they used in different contexts, or are they completely interchangeable and it just depends on the speaker's preference?

Thanks.

Welcome to SpanishDict. - rac1, Oct 13, 2014

Answer 1

Let me add another bug to your confusion ..hehe

there is another one used frequently which also means the same .. which is "de repente"

haha

I am not sure about de subido as I have not heard it before, but de pronto and de repente mean the same and are exactly interchangeable as far as I know. but may be some native can address your question better.

Regards.

Answer 2

I will try answer you question

The first one "de súbito " didn't use hardly never, the second one is used always. I advise you use "de pronto" or "súbitamente", not "de súbito"

Sorry for my bad English. Regards

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Welcome to SpanishDict. - rac1, Oct 13, 2014