poco

[ poh-koh; Italian paw-kaw ]

/ ˈpoʊ koʊ; Italian ˈpɔ kɔ /

adverb Music.

somewhat; rather: poco presto.

Words nearby poco

pocketknife, pockies, pockmark, pockmarked, pocky, poco, poco a poco, pococurante, pocono mountains, pocosin, pocul.

Origin of poco

1715–25; < Italian: little < Latin paucus few

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Examples from the Web for poco

The dreamy triplet passages of the poco a poco piu mosso are comparable to galleries that connect the various blocks of buildings.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
A poco andar tropez con una ronda; mas reconocindolo el capitn, lo dej seguir tranquilamente, murmurando:—Vamos, ya pareci aqullo!
Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader|Ernesto Nelson
The air consists of an Adagio with a Poco allegro interposed in the same tone throughout.
Life Of Mozart, Vol. 1 (of 3)|Otto Jahn
By the time the allotted half-hour was up, Poco Tiempo was a model of neatness and order.
Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party|C. E. Jacobs

Poco despus el segundo deba hacer lo mismo, y por ltimo el tercero.
A First Spanish Reader|Erwin W. Roessler and Alfred Remy

British Dictionary definitions for poco

poco

un poco

/ (ˈpəʊkəʊ, Italian ˈpɔːko) /

adjective, adverb

music (in combination) a little; to a small degreepoco rit; un poco meno mosso

Word Origin for poco

from Italian: little, from Latin paucus few, scanty

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