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 • Jan. 4, 2023

Sul mercato francese rimarrà del resto un forte clima di incertezza fino al secondo turno del 24 aprile, che indicherà il nuovo inquilino dell’Eliseo.

From Reuters • Apr. 11, 2022

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 • May 16, 2017

Tom sat beside him,—his head rolling nervously from side to side,—struck the opening cadence, and then, from the first note to the last, gave the secondo triumphantly.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various

I Viaggi di Marco Polo secondo la lezione del Codice Magliabechiano più antico reintegrati col testo francese a stampa per cura di Adolfo Bartoli.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry