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allegros

allegros is the plural of allegro.

Meaning of allegro

Noun

allegro (plural allegros)

  1. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a quick, lively tempo, faster than allegretto but slower than presto.
  2. (more traditionally) An expressive mark indicating that a passage is to be played in a lively or happy manner, not necessarily quickly.
  3. A passage having this mark.
    • And what mean these outbursts and objurgations of his, you will ask; these suggestions, furtive, rhapsodical, mystical; this furibund allegro about Money, Mediums, and Bohemia; [...]1910 January 12, Ameen Rihani, “Subtranscendental”, in The Book of Khalid, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published October 1911, →OCLC, book the second (In the Temple), page 116

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Questions about allegros

What is allegros the plural of?
Allegros is the plural of allegro.

Words near allegros in the dictionary

  1. allegrissimo
  2. allegro
  3. allegro ma non troppo
  4. allegro moderato
  5. allegro non troppo
  6. allegros
  7. alleja
  8. allejah
  9. allejahs
  10. allejas
  11. allel

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