different between allegro vs moderato

English

Etymology

From Italian allegro.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??l???o?/, IPA^(key): /??le???o?/

Noun

allegro (plural allegros)

1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a quick, lively tempo, faster than allegretto but slower than presto.
2. (music, more, traditionally) An expressive mark indicating that a passage is to be played in a lively or happy manner, not necessarily quickly.
3. (music) A passage having this mark.

Translations

Adverb

allegro (not comparable)

1. (music) played in a quick, lively tempo

Translations

Adjective

allegro (not comparable)

1. (music) in a quick and lively manner

Translations

French

Alternative forms

• allégro

Etymology

From Italian allegro, itself borrowed from French allègre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.le.??o/

Noun

allegro m (plural allegros)

1. allegro

Adverb

allegro

1. allegro

Further reading

• “allegro” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From French allègre, from Latin alacer (“lively; happy, cheerful”). Compare the inherited doublet alacre.

Adjective

allegro (feminine allegra, masculine plural allegri, feminine plural allegre)

1. cheerful
2. mirthful

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Greek: ??????? (alégros)

Anagrams

• legarlo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian allegro.

Adverb

allegro

1. (music) allegro

Noun

allegro m (definite singular allegroen, indefinite plural allegroar, definite plural allegroane)

1. (music) an allegro

Usage notes

• Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.

References

• “allegro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alegro

Etymology

From Italian allegro. Doublet of alegre.

Adjective

allegro (plural allegro, comparable)

1. (music) allegro (played in a quick, lively tempo)

Adverb

allegro (not comparable)

1. (music) allegro (in a quick, lively tempo)

Noun

allegro m (plural allegros)

1. (music) allegro (a passage to be played in a quick, lively tempo)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian moderato. Doublet of moderate.

Noun

moderato (plural moderatos)

1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at a moderate tempo.

   Synonym: comodo

2. (music) A passage having this mark

Translations

Adverb

moderato

1. (music) played in this style

Related terms

• allegro moderato
• andante moderato

Adjective

moderato

1. (music) (to be) played in this style

Translations

Italian

Verb

moderato m (feminine singular moderata, masculine plural moderati, feminine plural moderate)

1. past participle of moderare
2. past participle of moderarsi

Adjective

moderato (feminine moderata, masculine plural moderati, feminine plural moderate)

1. moderate

   Antonym: smoderato

2. restrained, controlled

Derived terms

• moderatamente
• smoderato

Anagrams

• domatore

Latin

Verb

moder?t?

1. second-person singular future active imperative of moder?
2. third-person singular future active imperative of moder?