l\'istesso tempo

[lee-stes-oh tem-poh; It. lee-stes-saw tem-paw]

l'i·stes·so tem·po

[lee-stes-oh tem-poh; It. lee-stes-saw tem-paw]
noun
(of a musical passage or section following a change in time signature) at the same tempo as before.

Origin:
< Italian

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L'istesso tempo has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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i·stes·so tem·po, l'

[li-stes-oh tem-poh; It. lee-stes-saw tem-paw]
noun Music.
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