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

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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

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French

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.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and 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, 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: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “larga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “largo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin largus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlar.ɡo/

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• Rhymes: -arɡo
• Hyphenation: làr‧go

Adjective

largo (feminine larga, masculine plural larghi, feminine plural larghe, superlative larghissimo)

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

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) largō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of largus

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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.

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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.

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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]

Etymology 1

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

From largar (“to release”).

Verb

largo

1. first-person singular present indicative of largar

Etymology 3

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)

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Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian largo.

Adverb

largo

1. largo

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɾɡo/ [ˈlaɾ.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -aɾɡo
• Syllabification: lar‧go

Etymology 1

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 largo plazo
• a lo largo
• a lo largo de
• a lo más largo
• abductor largo del pulgar
• alargar
• arco largo
• be larga
• dar largas
• de larga data
• de largo a largo
• delfín acróbata de hocico largo
• espada larga
• ir para largo
• largar
• largo y tendido
• larguero
• larguísimo
• largura
• manecilla larga
• mira larga
• pasar de largo
• 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 (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28