con brio
Americanadverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of con brio
Borrowed into English from Italian around 1890–95
Example Sentences
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If the first bar is like that, it’s not con brio at all; it’s allegro comodo or allegro pesante or something like that.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2022
Telemundo, using the marketing power of many NBCUniversal networks, wants to attract viewers with a different sound: Cantor’s cantabile con brio.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2018
Grover Gardner, veteran narrator of the Montalbano series, delivers a marvelous performance, serving up the many Spanish and Italian phrases con brio.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2018
I like to take a newspaper into a café and watch them despatch their morning espressos "con brio" on their way to work, every inch the proud architects of modern Spain.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 20, 2010
Allegro moderato, moderately quick; allegro maestoso, quick but with dignity; allegro assai and allegro molto, very quick; allegro con brio or con fuoco, with fire and energy; allegrissimo, with the utmost rapidity.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
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