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  2. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    Definition Bel canto: beautiful singing: Any fine singing, esp. that popular in 18th- and 19th-century Italian opera Bravura: skill: A performance of extraordinary virtuosity Bravo: skillful: A cry of congratulation to a male singer or performer. (Masc. pl. bravi; fem. sing. brava; fem. pl. brave.)

  3. List of English words of Italian origin - Wikipedia

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    Lingua franca (Italian lingua Franca, 'Frankish language', its usage to mean a common tongue originated from its meaning in Arabic and Greek during the Middle Ages, whereby all Western Europeans were called 'Franks' or Faranji in Arabic and Phrankoi in Greek) [4] [5] Motto (Italian motto 'word') [6] Novel (Italian novella 'tale') Ottava rima

  4. Bravi - Wikipedia

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    The priest don Abbondio sees at once that the thugs waiting for him are bravi.A scene from the opening of Manzoni’s I promessi sposi.. Bravi (sing.bravo; sometimes translated as 'bravoes') were coarse soldiers or hired assassins [1] employed by the rural lords (or dons) of northern Italy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to protect their interests.

  5. Olé - Wikipedia

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    ¡Ole! or ¡olé! is a Spanish interjection used to cheer on or praise a performance, especially associated with the audience of bullfighting and flamenco dance. The word is also commonly used in many other contexts in Spain, and has become closely associated with the country; therefore it is often used outside Spain in cultural representation ...

  6. Largo al factotum - Wikipedia

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    Tutti mi chiedono, tutti mi vogliono, donne, ragazzi, vecchi, fanciulle: Qua la parrucca ... Presto la barba ... Qua la sanguigna ... Presto il biglietto ... Figaro! Figaro! Figaro!, ecc. Ahimè, che furia! Ahimè, che folla! Uno alla volta, per carità! Ehi, Figaro! Son qua. Figaro qua, Figaro là, Figaro su, Figaro giù. Pronto prontissimo ...

  7. Italian grammar - Wikipedia

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    In normal usage, two is the usual limit, although clusters of three can occasionally arise for some speakers, [13] especially with impersonal constructs (e.g. Ce la si sente = "One feels up to it", or Nessuno ha ancora visto l'ultimo film di Woody Allen, quindi ce lo si vede tutti insieme! = "Nobody has watched the last Woody Allen movie yet ...

  8. Rita Pavone - Wikipedia

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    Rita Ori Filomena Merk-Pavone (née Pavone, Italian: [ˈriːta paˈvoːne]; born August 23, 1945) [1] is an Italian-Swiss pop singer, actress and showgirl, who enjoyed success through the 1960s.

  9. Tutti - Wikipedia

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    The tutti piston seen over the organ pedalboard. Tutti is an Italian word literally meaning all or together and is used as a musical term, for the whole orchestra as opposed to the soloist. It is applied similarly to choral music, where the whole section or choir is called to sing. [1]