different between andante vs moderato

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian andante.

Noun

andante (plural andantes)

1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than moderato.
2. (music) A passage having this mark.

Translations

Adverb

andante (not comparable)

1. (music) Played at a moderately slow tempo.

Adjective

andante (not comparable)

1. (music) Describing a passage having this mark.

Anagrams

• Dantean

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian andante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nd?nt(?)e/, [??nd?n?t?(?)e?]
• Rhymes: -?nd?nte
• Syllabification: an?dan?te

Noun

andante

1. (music) andante

Declension

Rarely declined.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.d??t/
• Homophone: andantes

Adverb

andante

1. (music) andante

Noun

andante m (plural andantes)

1. (music) andante

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From andare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an?dan.te/

Adjective

andante (plural andanti)

1. going, walking
2. current (month)
3. continuous, unbroken
4. ordinary, of little value
5. agile

Derived terms

• andantemente

Noun

andante m (plural andanti)

1. (music) andante

Verb

andante

1. present participle of andare

Anagrams

• dannate

Further reading

• andante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??.?d??.t?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??.?d??.t???/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /??.?d??.te/
• Hyphenation: an?dan?te
• Rhymes: -??nt?i

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese andante, from andar (“to walk”) + -ante.

Adjective

andante m or f (plural andantes, comparable)

1. who roams, wanders

   Synonyms: erradio, errante, itinerante, vagabundo, vagamundo, vagante

Related terms

Noun

andante m, f (plural andantes)

1. roamer (one who roams)

   Synonyms: itinerante, vagabundo

See also

• ambulante

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian andante (“going”).

Noun

andante m (plural andantes)

1. (music) andante (passage to be played in a moderately slow tempo)

Adjective

andante m or f (plural andantes, comparable)

1. (music) andante (played in a moderately slow tempo)

   Coordinate terms: adágio, alegro

Related terms

• andantino

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an?dante/, [ãn??d?ãn?.t?e]

Etymology 1

From andar (“to walk”) +? -ante.

Adjective

andante (plural andantes)

1. walking, who roams, who wanders, errant

Noun

andante m or f (plural andantes)

1. roamer (one who roams)

Related terms

• andar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian andante (“going”).

Noun

andante m (plural andantes)

1. (music) a tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than allegretto
2. (music) a passage having this mark

Adjective

andante (plural andantes)

1. (music) played in a moderately slow tempo

Adverb

andante

1. (music) with a moderately slow tempo

Further reading

• “andante” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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?