allargando

1. 1.

   (music) gradually decreasing in tempo and broadening in manner

   Similardecreasing

   music

Questions about allargando

What does allargando mean?

allargando means "(music) gradually decreasing in tempo and broadening in manner".

How many syllables are in allargando?

allargando has 4 syllables and divides as al-lar-gan-do under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is allargando a common word?

allargando is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.