parlando

adjective

par·lan·do pär-ˈlän-(ˌ)dō

variants or parlante

pär-ˈlän-(ˌ)tā

: delivered or performed in a style suggestive of speech

—used as a direction in music

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The result, though, on first hearing can sound like an endless flow of parlando singing, more ongoing narration than operatic musing, music confined to underscoring Shakespeare’s unbroachable phrases. —

Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022

Word History

Etymology

parlando borrowed from Italian, gerund of parlare "to speak," going back to early Medieval Latin parabolāre; parlante borrowed from Italian, "speaking," derivative (originally present participle) of parlare — more at parley entry 2

First Known Use

circa 1854, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of parlando was circa 1854

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