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fissa

quickly; at once

adverb fee-SAH Rare
Grammar & Structure Adverbs

Usage Note

Fissa is a very informal, colloquial adverb meaning 'fast' or 'right now', borrowed from Arabic fissa (at once). It is strongly associated with the informal argot of French suburbs and youth language. It almost always appears in the imperative phrase faire fissa ('to get a move on'): allez, fissa!

Examples

"On doit partir fissa si on veut attraper le train."

Natural Translation

We need to leave quickly if we want to catch the train.

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