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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “larga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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.

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

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