largo

Other forms of largo

plural

largoes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about largo

What does largo mean?

largo means "(music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in largo?

largo has 2 syllables: lar-go. The stress falls on "lar". In IPA it is /ˈlɑɹɡoʊ/.

Is largo a common word?

largo 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.