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- Italian · derived fromcavatina
- English todaycavatina
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An operatic song in slow tempo, either complete in itself or (e.g., in Bellini and Verdi) followed by a faster, more resolute section: hence Full definition →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.