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allargando

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al⋅lar⋅gan⋅do

  [ah-lahr-gahn-doh, -gan-; It. ahl-lahr-gahn-daw]
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–adjective Music.
becoming slower and broader.
Origin:
1890–95; < It: al to the + largando broadening. See large
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al·lar·gan·do   (ä'lär-gän'dō)   
adv.   & adj. Music
In a gradually broadening style and slowing tempo. Used chiefly as a direction.

[Italian, present participle of allargare, to broaden : al-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + largare, to broaden (from largo, broad, from Latin largus).]
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