The adjective soon is associated with urgency or haste.
Soon is an adjective from the Latin promptus that qualifies that which is quick, expeditious, hurried or urgent . The term, however, has other, more specific meanings according to the context.
If a man tells his son “Soon, look for a bucket because there is a leak and the room could flood,” he will be asking him to get a bucket quickly . In this case, the use of the adjective soon is associated with urgency and the need for an immediate response.
In a similar sense, the boss who talks to an employee on the phone and asks him to “come back to the office soon” will be indicating that he needs his presence in the workplace as soon as possible. The case would be different if he told you that “there is no rush” for his return.
Soon can also be the condition or state of someone who is prepared or ready to perform a task: “I like to work with an assistant like that, who is always ready to fulfill his obligations,” “Players must be ready to perform.” enter the playing field every time the coach requests it” , “Don't enter the room, I'm not ready” .
Various uses of the term soon
The RAE dictionary also defines the term soon as a spontaneous decision that arises as a result of an unexpected occurrence or a passion . Let's look at some examples of this meaning: "You know, every now and then he gives him one of his prompts and turns everything upside down," "He gave me a prompt and I left the room without giving any explanations, which they didn't like very much." good to others .
This use of the word soon is very common in Spain and serves to describe certain actions or decisions that in more vulgar language are usually described as "madness" (this last concept is not appropriate in this case). In general, people with calm and focused ways do not usually go through this state of spontaneity and excessive passion, but rather it is a phenomenon more typical of restless and impulsive beings .
What happens "suddenly" usually generates amazement or surprise.
The notion in different expressions
The adverbial phrase "suddenly" serves to describe an action that someone performs without prior reflection , in a hasty manner, or that surprises the observer due to the lack of prior references. In the latter case, it can be used as a synonym for "suddenly" , since it speaks of not being prepared for something that happens suddenly. In some Latin American countries, it also means "possibly."
These are examples of the phrase just presented: "As soon as I received the indication, I acted suddenly, almost without thinking, and now I regret it," "Suddenly, the lights went out and we began to feel strange noises that, although later "We would discover that they were caused by the wind, at that time we attributed it to the supposed presence of supernatural beings" , "I don't know, suddenly we can go and see what we think and, if we don't like it, we return home."
On the other hand, there is the expression "on the fly" , which can be defined as "improvised, on the fly" . Its origin is found in the jargon of ball games, such as tennis , to refer to the immediate response made by a player when he takes possession of the ball. It is worth mentioning that for phonetic reasons, in many regions, it is said "suddenly" , as a result of having misunderstood the sound of the original words.
«Soon» Magazine
“Pronto” , on the other hand, is the name of two magazines that are published in Spain and Argentina .
The Spanish publication, dedicated to issues of the heart, is edited by Publicaciones Heres . In the case of the Argentine magazine, it was founded in 1996 and uses the format of its Spanish counterpart, created three decades earlier.