moderato

[ mod-uh-rah-toh ]

adjectiveMusic.
  1. moderate; in moderate time.

Origin of moderato

1
1715–25; <Italian <Latin moderātusmoderate

Words Nearby moderato

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How to use moderato in a sentence

  • In the first long movement (an Allegro moderato) there is no repeat.

    The Pianoforte Sonata | J.S. Shedlock
  • The opening moderato e cantabile is a tone-poem of touching pathos.

    The Pianoforte Sonata | J.S. Shedlock
  • Dahn interprets 'moderato ordine,' 'not so absolutely as the Roman clergy desires.'

    The Letters of Cassiodorus | Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)
  • There are men in the prime of life, of a lymphatic temperament, whose blood seems to circulate moderato.

    The Orchestral Conductor | Hector Berlioz
  • The last of the six movements—an Allegro moderato, with Variations (very pretty)—resembles a tune for a musical box.

    Handel | Romain Rolland

British Dictionary definitions for moderato

moderato

/ (ˌmɒdəˈrɑːtəʊ) /


adverbmusic
  1. at a moderate tempo

  2. (preceded by a tempo marking) a direction indicating that the tempo specified is to be used with restraint: allegro moderato

Origin of moderato

1
C18: from Italian, from Latin moderātus; see moderate

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