leggero

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Italian leggero.

Adverb[edit]

leggero

  1. (music) Lightly, delicately, or gently.

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old French legier, from Vulgar Latin *leviārius, from Latin levis.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ledˈd͡ʒɛ.ro/
  • Rhymes: -ɛro
  • Hyphenation: leg‧gè‧ro

Adjective[edit]

leggero (feminine leggera, masculine plural leggeri, feminine plural leggere, superlative leggerissimo)

  1. light (in weight)
    Antonym: pesante
    K-Meleon è un web browser davvero molto leggero
    K-Meleon is a very light web browser
  2. (music) pop
    non mi piace la musica leggera
    I don't like pop music
  3. slight
  4. thin (thicker than sottile)

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