Dictionary

allegro en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /əˈlɛɡɹoʊ/ (US)
• /əˈleɪɡɹoʊ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian allegro.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) in a quick and lively manner

Deriveds

allegro ma non troppo (Terms derived from noun, adjective or adverb sense) · allegro non troppo (Terms derived from noun, adjective or adverb sense) · allegro moderato (Terms derived from noun, adjective or adverb sense) · sonata-allegro form (Terms derived from noun, adjective or adverb sense)

Translations (3)

pl allegro (played in a quick, lively tempo) · el αλλέγκρο (played in a quick, lively tempo) · pt alegro (played in a quick, lively tempo)

allegro en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /əˈlɛɡɹoʊ/ (US)
• /əˈleɪɡɹoʊ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian allegro.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) played in a quick, lively tempo

Translations (6)

ru аллегро (in a quick, lively tempo) · fr allegro (in a quick, lively tempo) · fi allegro (in a quick, lively tempo) · pt alegro (in a quick, lively tempo) · nb allegro (in a quick, lively tempo) · pl allegro (in a quick, lively tempo)

allegro en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /əˈlɛɡɹoʊ/ (US)
• /əˈleɪɡɹoʊ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian allegro.

Meanings

1. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a quick, lively tempo, faster than allegretto but slower than presto.
2. (qualifier:more traditionally) An expressive mark indicating that a passage is to be played in a lively or happy manner, not necessarily quickly.
3. A passage having this mark.
   • And what mean these outbursts and objurgations of his, you will ask; these suggestions, furtive, rhapsodical, mystical; this furibund allegro about Money, Mediums, and Bohemia; [...] 1910 January 12, Ameen Rihani, “Subtranscendental”, in The Book of Khalid, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published October 1911, →OCLC, book the second (In the Temple), page 116:

Forms

Translations (12)

el αλλέγκρο (tempo mark indicating a quick, lively tempo) · fr allegro (tempo mark indicating a quick, lively tempo) · fi allegro (passage to be played in a quick, lively tempo) · cmn 快板 (tempo mark indicating a quick, lively tempo) · fi allegro (tempo mark indicating a quick, lively tempo) · pl allegro (passage to be played in a quick, lively tempo) · pt alegro (passage to be played in a quick, lively tempo) · fr allegro (passage to be played in a quick, lively tempo) · pl allegro (tempo mark indicating a quick, lively tempo) · es alegro (passage to be played in a quick, lively tempo) · ca allegro (passage to be played in a quick, lively tempo) · ca allegro (tempo mark indicating a quick, lively tempo)