obbligato
English
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Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɒblɪˈɡɑːtəʊ/
Noun
obbligato (plural obbligatos or obbligati)
- (music) An obbligato section; a prominent countermelody, often written to be played or sung above the principal theme (in a higher pitch range). [from 19th c.]
- 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin 2010, p. 281:
- The noise of the traffic outside the building on the boulevard made an unmusical obbligato to my thinking.
- 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin 2010, p. 281:
Italian
Adjective
obbligato (feminine singular obbligata, masculine plural obbligati, feminine plural obbligate)
- obliged, compelled, constrained, forced, bound
- obligatory, unavoidable, forced
- obliged, indebted
- fixed, set
- percorso obbligato - fixed course
- (music) obbligato
Synonyms
- costretto (1)
- vincolato (1)
- imposto (2)
- inevitabile (2)
- obbligatorio (2,4)
- grato (3)
- riconoscente (3)
- fisso (4)
Synonyms
Verb
obbligato m (feminine singular obbligata, masculine plural obbligati, feminine plural obbligate)
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