moderato

See also: Moderato

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian moderato. Doublet of moderate.

Noun

moderato (plural moderatos)

1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at a moderate tempo.

   Synonym: comodo

2. (music) A passage having this mark

Translations

tempo mark

• German: Moderato (de) n
• Greek: μοντεράτο (el) n (monteráto)

passage

• German: Moderato (de) n
• Greek: μοντεράτο (el) n (monteráto)

Adverb

moderato

1. (music) played in this style

Related terms

• allegro moderato
• andante moderato

Adjective

moderato

1. (music) (to be) played in this style

Translations

played in this style

• German: moderato (de)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian moderato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.de.ʁa.to/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -o

Adverb

moderato

1. moderato

Noun

moderato m (plural moderatos)

1. moderato

Further reading

• “moderato”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian moderato.

Adverb

moderato

1. (music) moderato

Further reading

• “moderato”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo.deˈra.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: mo‧de‧rà‧to

Participle

moderato (feminine moderata, masculine plural moderati, feminine plural moderate)

1. past participle of moderare

Adjective

moderato (feminine moderata, masculine plural moderati, feminine plural moderate)

1. moderate

   Antonym: smoderato

2. restrained, controlled

Derived terms

• moderatamente
• smoderato

Anagrams

• da remoto, domatore

Latin

Verb

moderātō

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of moderō

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian moderato.

Adverb

moderato

1. moderato

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian moderato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /modeˈɾato/ [mo.ð̞eˈɾa.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: mo‧de‧ra‧to

Noun

moderato m (plural moderatos)

1. moderato

Adverb

moderato

1. moderato

Further reading

• “moderato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025