alegreto

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• allegretto (unadapted form)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian allegretto. Piecewise doublet of alegrete.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɨˈɡɾe.tu/ [ɐ.lɨˈɣɾe.tu], /a.lɛˈɡɾe.tɔ/ [a.lɛˈɣɾe.tɔ]

• Hyphenation: a‧le‧gre‧to

Adverb

alegreto (not comparable)

1. (music) allegretto (played fast and lively)

Noun

alegreto m (plural alegretos)

1. (music) allegretto (a movement that is to be played fast and lively)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alegreto, from Italian allegretto.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaleˈɡɾeto/ [ʔɐ.lɛˈɡɾɛː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: a‧le‧gre‧to

Adjective

alegreto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ)

1. allegretto (musical direction)

Related terms

• Alegre
• alegriya
• alegro

Noun

alegreto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ) (music)

1. allegretto (a movement that is to be played fast and lively)

Further reading

• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 23