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secondo

secondo noun: the second part of a piano duet for four hands.

Noun

secondo (plural secondos or secondi)

  1. The second part of a piano duet for four hands.
    • The writing carefully develops equality in the pupil's hands, as well as fostering a keen sense of hearing through interaction with the more complex writing in the secondo part.2001, Leopold Godowsky, Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chan, Miniatures: for one piano, four hands
    • Whereas the first part of the dance is light and vivacious, the mood now turns more pompous, with heavy off-beats in the secondo right hand.2005, Johannes Brahms, Carol Bell, Digby Bell, Hungarian Dances, Volume 1, page 12
  2. The course that follows the antipasto and primo courses in a full course Italian meal; the meat or fish course.
    • Contorni ( side dishes ) —vegetables and potatoes — are served along with the secondo piatto.2010, Suzanne Carreiro, The Dog Who Ate the Truffle
    • The next course, the primo, involves soup , risotto or pasta, and is followed by the secondo — the meat or fish course, usually served alone, except for perhaps a wedge of lemon or tomato.2013, Martin Dunford, Piemonte and Valle dâ Aosta Rough Guides Snapshot Italy
  3. A second-generation migrant to Switzerland; The child of an immigrant to Switzerland.
    • However, public presentation and perception only rarely interpret this generating of flexible identities as an achievement of these "secondos."2014, Christine Bischoff, Francesca Falk, Sylvia Kafehsy, Images of Illegalized Immigration, page 49
    • A key result of our research is that the migration background and the question of cultural identities, in fact, are important for Muslim secondos, but they do not want to be reduced to it.2016, Christine Hunner-Kreisel, Sabine Bohne, Childhood, Youth and Migration

Proper noun capitalized: Secondo

Secondo

  1. A surname.

Examples of secondo in a sentence

  • In the tenor, the first p. 30 has the secondo choro (C2) and the second p. 30 has the primo choro (C4) for both.2013, Mary Lewis, Antonio Gardano, Venetian Music Printer, 1538-1569, page 315:
  • The secondo was the accompanist, and was tasked with regulating and modulating; he or she more frequently strayed into the contested territory at the center of the keyboard.2014, Adrian Daub, Four-Handed Monsters: Four-Hand Piano Playing and Nineteenth-Century Culture, page 118:
  • And my Italian friends freely admit the secondo is the least interesting part of their cuisine.2023, Rick Steves, Fred Plotkin, Rick Steves Italy for Food Lovers:
  • There are some dishes, such as Parmigiana di Melanzane (page 144), that can fall into the secondo category despite being vegetarian.2024, Eva Santaguida, Harper Alexander, The Italian Family Kitchen, page 13:

Forms of secondo

pluralsecondos
pluralsecondi

Origin of secondo

Borrowed from Italian secondo.

Questions about secondo

What does secondo mean?
Secondo means the second part of a piano duet for four hands.
How do you use secondo in a sentence?
In the tenor, the first p. 30 has the secondo choro (C2) and the second p. 30 has the primo choro (C4) for both.
What part of speech is secondo?
Secondo can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of secondo?
The plural of secondo is secondos.

Words near secondo in the dictionary

  1. secondmen
  2. secondment
  3. secondments
  4. secondmost
  5. secondness
  6. secondo
  7. secondos
  8. seconds
  9. seconds in command
  10. seconds of arc
  11. seconds-in-command

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