allegro
Plural: allegros
Noun
- A piece of music performed at a brisk speed.
- a brisk and lively tempo
- a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner
- A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a quick, lively tempo, faster than allegretto but slower than presto.
- An expressive mark indicating that a passage is to be played in a lively or happy manner, not necessarily quickly.
- A passage having this mark.
Adjective Satellite
- (of tempo) fast
Adverb
- in a quick and lively tempo
- "play this section allegro"
Adv
- played in a quick, lively tempo
Adj
- in a quick and lively manner
Examples
- She played with an allegro tempo, quickly placing tile after tile.
Origin / Etymology
From Italian allegro.
Scrabble Score: 8
allegro: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordallegro: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
allegro: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
allegro: valid Words With Friends Word