aria

Sick, she palpitates; she compresses her trepidation; she coughs, perchance she sings a bar or two of an aria.

Aria diri ang libru, kay dì ku makahatud, Come here to get the book, because I have no time to deliver it.

To speak seriously, however, this aria is very beautiful, and particularly fascinating.

All present said that no aria had ever affected them like this one; and, indeed, she sang it as it ought to be sung.

In his hands the aria took a new meaning, and the recitative became a flexible and responsive instrument.