largo

¹

[ lahr-goh ]

adjective

1. slow; in a broad, dignified style.

noun

, plural lar·gos.

1. a largo movement.

Largo

²

[ lahr-goh ]

noun

1. a town in W Florida.

largo

/ ˈlɑːɡəʊ /

adjective

1. to be performed slowly and broadly

noun

1. a piece or passage to be performed in this way

Word History and Origins

Origin of largo¹

From Italian, dating back to 1675–85; large

Word History and Origins

Origin of largo¹

C17: from Italian, from Latin largus large

Example Sentences

Nine years later, the college moved to Largo, where its main campus remains today.

From Washington Post

The system will restore three bus lines in October serving Greenbelt and Largo.

From Washington Post

Three years ago, ready to revive the idea, she asked Thomas Ouellette, an executive producer on the special, to cull through dozens of hours of Largo performance audio to see what could work.

From Washington Post

Though nearby pharmacies are offering the vaccine, Largo is limiting herself to finding a shot through one clinic that she knows treats people without insurance and has Spanish-speaking staff.

From ProPublica

Largo doesn’t speak English, and medical providers don’t always have Spanish-speaking staff, so she’s not confident that she'll be able to ask questions about billing and other details once she gets to a vaccination site.

From ProPublica

But Largo sees his new book on religion as a natural extension of his previous work.

From The Daily Beast

Largo is now taking a few months off to figure out his next move.

From The Daily Beast

It seems whatever topic Largo tackles, he becomes a man obsessed.

From The Daily Beast

A composer writes a larghetto when he feels something like writing a largo but isn't, on the whole, quite up to it.

From Project Gutenberg

He told us he was born at Largo in the county of Fife, Scotland, and was bred a sailor from his youth.

From Project Gutenberg

We turn up the Largo Carlo-Felice, the second wide gap of a street, a vast but very short boulevard, like the end of something.

From Project Gutenberg

We were on the snow-dome which forms the summit of the Cima del Largo.

From Project Gutenberg

In the Finale of the sonata the Largo still makes its influence felt.

From Project Gutenberg