secondo

[ si-kon-doh, -kohn-; Italian se-kawn-daw ]

noun

, Music.

, plural se·con·di [si-, kon, -dee, -, kohn, -, se-, kawn, -dee].

1. the second or lower part in a duet, especially in a piano duet.
2. the performer playing this part.

secondo

/ sɛˈkɒndəʊ /

noun

1. the left-hand part in a piano duet Compare primo

Word History and Origins

Origin of secondo¹

From Italian, dating back to 1840–50; second ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of secondo¹

Italian: second ¹

Example Sentences

To an Italian, they're completely incomprehensible, because pasta is a primo piatto, a first course, and meat is a secondo, and never the twain shall meet.

From Salon

In the best Emilian tradition, antipasti revolve around cheese and cured pork, and the secondi are rich but not overly elaborate: a butter-basted sirloin, for instance, with a sauce of sweet red peppers.

From New York Times

But to order only pasta—for example, the five-course tasting menu—would be to miss the secondi, which include a beautiful veal cheek in gremolata and a charred sirloin with herb salad.

From The New Yorker

“Taking advantage of the great Italian culinary system of “primi” and “secondi” plates is a must for me — which is to say, pasta and fried veal at every meal.

From New York Times

Objectively speaking, this was a meal, yet not enough of one, not when the Adriatic soft-shell crab known as moeche were available as a secondo.

From New York Times