con brio

1. 1.

   with vigor

   Similarspirited

   music

1. 1.

   (music) with vigor

   “allegro con brio”

   music

Questions about con brio

What does con brio mean?

con brio means "with vigor". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is con brio a common word?

con brio is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.