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arco

American  
[ahr-koh] / ˈɑr koʊ /

adverb

Music.
  1. (of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.


Etymology

Origin of arco

1730–40; < Italian: bow < Latin arcus. See arc

Vocabulary lists containing arco

Example Sentences

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On “Expansions,” he sounds like a jazz bassist, walking a brisk line, before switching to arco and summoning scraping cries and heaving groans out of the strings.

From New York Times • May 1, 2023

La amistad entre un niño diestro con el arco y la flecha, un viejo gitano y un chimpancé.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2019

Griezmann con un disparo de larga distancia pero no llega al arco.

From The Guardian • May 28, 2016

"Treat Me Like Train Tracks" has a more nervous, interior, psychological feel, with an anxious, tapping beat, arco bass and warbling keyboard.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2011

Tu tendi la potenza della morte   come un arco tra il Vodice e l'Hermada;   varchi l'Isonzo indomito ove guada   la tua Vittoria col tuo pugno forte.

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