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

In the best Emilian tradition, antipasti revolve around cheese and cured pork, and the secondi are rich but not overly elaborate: a butter-basted sirloin, for instance, with a sauce of sweet red peppers.

From New York Times

But to order only pasta—for example, the five-course tasting menu—would be to miss the secondi, which include a beautiful veal cheek in gremolata and a charred sirloin with herb salad.

From The New Yorker

“Taking advantage of the great Italian culinary system of “primi” and “secondi” plates is a must for me — which is to say, pasta and fried veal at every meal.

From New York Times

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