largo

largo (plural largos)

1. (music) a very slow tempo
2. (music) a musical piece or movement in such a tempo

largo (not comparable)

1. (music) strong and stately

• Goral, argol, gloar, goral, orgal, rolag

From Spanish largo, from Latin largus.

• Hyphenation: lar‧go

largo

1. to go past someone or something
2. to proceed immediately
3. to go straight ahead or on

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largo m (plural largos)

1. largo

largo

1. played largo

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

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin largus (“large; abounding”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaɾɣʊ]

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

• 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

largo

1. first-person singular present indicative of largar

From Latin largus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlar.ɡo/

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• Rhymes: -arɡo
• Hyphenation: làr‧go

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.

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

• → Ottoman Turkish: آلارغه
  • Turkish: alarga
  • → Armenian: ալառկա (alaṙka)

• Gorla, grola

largō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of largus

From Italian largo (“broad”).

largo

1. (music) largo

largo m (definite singular largoen, indefinite plural largoer, definite plural largoene)

1. (music) an largo

• Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was considered also grammatically neuter.^[1]

• “largo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Italian largo (“broad”).

largo

1. (music) largo

largo m (definite singular largoen, indefinite plural largoar, definite plural largoane)

1. (music) a largo

• “largo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• Hyphenation: lar‧go

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese largo, from Latin largus (“large; abounding”).

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

• (high seas):
  • ao largo
  • fazer-se ao largo
  • passar de largo, passar ao largo

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

Borrowed from Italian largo.

largo m (plural largos)

1. (music) largo (a very slow tempo)
2. (music) largo (a musical piece or movement in such a tempo)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

largo

1. first-person singular present indicative of largar

Unadapted borrowing from Italian largo.

largo

1. largo

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

Inherited from Latin largus. Displaced luengo from Latin longus. Cognate with English large.

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

• Largo is a false friend and does not mean large. The Spanish word for large is grande.

• Chavacano: largo
• Palenquero: lago

largo m (plural largos)

1. length

   Synonym: longitud

2. (climbing) pitch

• alto, altura
• ancho, anchura
• espesor
• fondo
• grueso, grosor

largo

1. get out!, scram!

   Synonyms: fuera, sácate, a la puta calle

2. get away!

   Synonyms: fuera, sácate, a la puta calle

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

largo

1. first-person singular present indicative of largar

• “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], 10 December 2024