largo

See also: Largo, łargo, and largó

English

Noun

largo (plural largos)

1. (music) a very slow tempo
2. (music) a musical piece or movement in such a tempo

Adjective

largo (not comparable)

1. (music) strong and stately

Anagrams

• Goral, argol, gloar, goral, orgal, rolag

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish largo, from Latin largus.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lar‧go

Verb

largo

1. to go past someone or something
2. to proceed immediately
3. to go straight ahead or on

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

largo m (plural largos)

1. largo

Adverb

largo

1. played largo

Further reading

• “largo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin largus (“large; abounding”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaɾɣʊ]

Adjective

largo (feminine larga, masculine plural largos, feminine plural largas)

1. wide; broad (having a large width)

   Synonym: ancho

2. ample; large
   • 1460, Rui Vasques (J. A. Souto Cabo, editor), Corónica de Iria, page 131:

     Et fezolles dormjtorio, et rrefortorio, et cassas Jnçircuyto da eglleia; et doulles canpanas moyto bõas, et libros, et ornamentos et largos rreditus et posisóós

     And he made a dormitory for them, and a refectory, and houses around the church; and he gave to them many good bells, and books, and ornaments and ample incomes and possessions

   • 1807, anonymous author, Segundo diálogo dos esterqueiros:

     Mirà que a Vila he vos larga.

     Note that the town is large, friend.

   Synonyms: amplo, grande

3. copious, generous, plentiful
   • 1845, Vicente Turnes, Diálogo entre Silvestre Cajaraville e Domingo Magariños:

     Boas tardes, meu compadre,
     Fólgome moito de acharvos;
     Tempo era que nos vísemos,
     ¿Qué hai de novo por Laraño?
     Gracias a Dios hai saúde
     Pro do demáis non è largo;
     Non podo ter dous reás,
     E decote traballando.

     "Good afternoon, my friend,
     I'm so glad to meet you;
     it was about time for us to meet
     What are the news in Laraño?"
     "Thanks God, there's health
     but for the rest, it is not plentiful;
     I cannot have a pair or reals,
     and I'm working all the time."

4. (of clothes) loose (not fitting tightly)

   Synonyms: folgado, frouxo

5. (proscribed) long

Related terms

• alargamento
• alargar
• largamente
• largar
• largueza
• largura

 

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “largo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “larga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “largo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “largo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “largo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

largo

1. first-person singular present indicative of largar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin largus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlar.ɡo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arɡo
• Hyphenation: làr‧go

Adjective

largo (feminine larga, masculine plural larghi, feminine plural larghe, superlative larghissimo, diminutive larghétto, pejorative (uncommon) largàccio)

1. wide, broad

   Synonyms: ampio, vasto, esteso

   Antonym: stretto

2. ample, wide, large

   Synonyms: vasto, esteso

   Antonym: stretto

3. oversized, loose-fitting, too loose (of clothes)

   Synonyms: abbondante, comodo

   Antonyms: aderente, attillato, stretto

4. (figurative) generous, free, open-handed

   Synonym: generoso

   Antonym: avaro

   Gianni è largo nelle mance. ― Gianni is a generous tipper.

Derived terms

• alla larga
• allargare
• banda larga
• largamente
• largheggiare
• larghezza

 

Noun

largo m (plural larghi)

1. open sea

   Synonym: alto mare

   al largo ― offshore, in the open sea, in the offing, out to the sea

2. square, largo
3. (music) largo

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: آلارغه
  • Turkish: alarga
  • → Armenian: ալառկա (alaṙka)

Anagrams

• Gorla, grola

Latin

Adjective

largō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of largus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian largo (“broad”).

Adverb

largo

1. (music) largo

Noun

largo m (definite singular largoen, indefinite plural largoer, definite plural largoene)

1. (music) an largo

Usage notes

• Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was considered also grammatically neuter.

References

• “largo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian largo (“broad”).

Adverb

largo

1. (music) largo

Noun

largo m (definite singular largoen, indefinite plural largoar, definite plural largoane)

1. (music) a largo

References

• “largo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlaʁ.ɡu/ [ˈlaɦ.ɡu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlaʁ.ɡu/ [ˈlaɦ.ɡu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɾ.ɡu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈlaʁ.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɻ.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɾ.ɡu/ [ˈlaɾ.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: lar‧go

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese largo, from Latin largus (“large; abounding”).

Noun

largo m (plural largos)

1. square (open space in a town)

   Synonym: praça

2. (nautical) high seas (parts of the ocean surface that are far from shore)

   Synonym: alto-mar

Derived terms

• (high seas):
  • ao largo
  • fazer-se ao largo
  • passar de largo, passar ao largo

Adjective

largo (feminine larga, masculine plural largos, feminine plural largas)

1. wide; broad (having a large width)

   Synonym: extenso

   Antonyms: estreito, longo

2. ample; spacious

   Synonyms: amplo, ancho, espaçoso, extenso, lato, vasto

   Antonyms: pequeno, restrito

3. (of clothes) loose (not fitting tightly)

   Synonyms: folgado, frouxo

   Antonym: apertado

Derived terms

• ao largo de
• prometer largo e dar estreito

 

Related terms

• alargado
• alargador
• alargamento
• alargar
• larga
• largar
• largueza
• largura

 

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: largu
• Kabuverdianu: largu
• Korlai Creole Portuguese: larg
• Macanese: largo
• Papiamentu: largu
• Principense: lagu

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian largo.

Noun

largo m (plural largos)

1. (music) largo (a very slow tempo)
2. (music) largo (a musical piece or movement in such a tempo)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

largo

1. first-person singular present indicative of largar

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian largo.

Adverb

largo

1. largo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɾɡo/ [ˈlaɾ.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -aɾɡo
• Syllabification: lar‧go

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin largus. Displaced luengo from Latin longus. Cognate with English large.

The coffee was named by don José Prado Crespo, see: nube.

Adjective

largo (feminine larga, masculine plural largos, feminine plural largas)

1. long (having much distance from one terminating point to another)

   Antonym: corto

2. long, lengthy, extended, prolonged, protracted, (having great duration)

   Antonyms: corto, breve

3. long, long-running (seemingly lasting a lot of time)

   Antonym: corto

4. good (slightly larger than the given amount)

   un kilo largo de naranjas

   a good kilo of oranges

5. (Andalusia, Malaga) A type of coffee made out of roughly 10% milk and 90% coffee

Noun

largo m (plural largos)

1. (Andalusia, Malaga) A type of coffee made out of roughly 10% milk and 90% coffee

Usage notes

• Largo is a false friend, and does not mean large. The Spanish word for large is grande.

Derived terms

• a la larga
• a largas marchas
• a largo andar
• a largo plazo
• a largo tiempo
• a lo largo
• a lo largo de
• a lo más largo
• a paso largo
• a punto largo
• a tiros largos
• abductor largo del pulgar
• alargar
• arco largo
• be larga
• con larga mano
• dar largas
• de larga data
• de largo a largo
• de tiros largos
• delfín acróbata de hocico largo
• espada larga
• ir para largo
• lanza larga
• largar
• largo y tendido
• larguero
• larguirucho
• larguísimo
• largura
• manecilla larga
• mira larga
• pantalón largo
• pasar de largo
• plano medio largo
• rabilargo
• supinador largo
• tener largas narices

 

Descendants

• Chavacano: largo
• Palenquero: lago

Noun

largo m (plural largos)

1. length

   Synonym: longitud

2. (climbing) pitch

Coordinate terms

• alto, altura
• ancho, anchura
• espesor
• fondo
• grueso, grosor

Interjection

largo

1. get out!, scram!

   Synonyms: fuera, sácate, a la puta calle

2. get away!

   Synonyms: fuera, sácate, a la puta calle

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

largo

1. first-person singular present indicative of largar

Further reading

• “largo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10