| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| allargando |
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| SYLLABICATION: | al·lar·gan·do |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ä lär-gän d |
| ADVERB & ADJECTIVE: | Music In a gradually broadening style and slowing tempo. Used chiefly as a direction. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian, present participle of allargare, to broaden : al-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad–) + largare, to broaden (from largo, broad, from Latin largus).
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