Etymology

moderato

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Today it means: A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at a moderate tempo. Full definition →

Italian moderato
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  1. Italian · borrowed frommoderato
  2. English todaymoderato

Borrowed from Italian moderato. Doublet of moderate.

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