secondo

American  

[si-kon-doh, -kohn-, se-kawn-daw] / sɪˈkɒn doʊ, -ˈkoʊn-, sɛˈkɔn dɔ /

noun

Music.

plural

secondi

1. the second or lower part in a duet, especially in a piano duet.

2. the performer playing this part.

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secondo British  

/ sɛˈkɒndəʊ /

noun

1. the left-hand part in a piano duet Compare primo

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Etymology

Origin of secondo

From Italian, dating back to 1840–50; second ¹

Example Sentences

To an Italian, they're completely incomprehensible, because pasta is a primo piatto, a first course, and meat is a secondo, and never the twain shall meet.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2023

Sul mercato francese rimarrà del resto un forte clima di incertezza fino al secondo turno del 24 aprile, che indicherà il nuovo inquilino dell’Eliseo.

From Reuters • Apr. 11, 2022

Objectively speaking, this was a meal, yet not enough of one, not when the Adriatic soft-shell crab known as moeche were available as a secondo.

From New York Times • May 16, 2017

Le lettere iniziali sono l’opera di Graily Hewitt, le incisioni in legno di C. Keates secondo disegni fatti da R. Catterson Smith sopra gli originali dell’ edizione di 1491.

From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)

His polemical writings, Verato primo and secondo, and his prose comedy called Idropica, were published at Venice, Florence and Rome, between 1588 and 1614.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various