Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. Music To a slight degree or amount; somewhat. Used chiefly as a direction.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In music, a little; somewhat; rather: as, poco adagio, somewhat slow.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. (Mus.) A little; -- used chiefly in phrases indicating the time or movement
Etymologies
- Italian, from Latin paucus (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“We met with a friend who, on our complaint, expostulated with him, and said, -- "Señor, these gentlemen say that you drive them very slowly (_muy poco á poco_).”
“_Crescendo ed animando poco a poco_ -- growing gradually louder in tone and quicker in _tempo_.”
“_Crescendo poco a poco_ -- increase in power very, very gradually.”
“un poco" is a fixed adverb for measurement, it never changes just like "muy".”
“There are other words like that too, but I think thats probably how the word poco is, unless its used as a phrase such as "a poco" or "poco a poco", instead of the simple usage as an adjective ... but then again I probably have no idea what I'm talking about ......”
“Some dances may look familiar to American students, like the poco-poco, which is similar to the electric slide.”
“La lavorazione criminal lui stata, the dir poco, straordinaria.”
“Si en el mundo entero, existÃa algo absoluto que guardara el sabor del café, ella era feliz por este poco beneficio.”
“Word for word translation: ... por poco = almost se = themselves/le = on her/ven = her panties see/los chonitos = panties and is the subject of the phrase.”
“Let me weigh in on: ¡Qué escandalosa la minifalda de esa chica, por poco se le ven los chonitos!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘poco’.
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Beautiful Music
a cappella, accelerando, accompagnato, adagio, ad libitum, agitato, aleatory, alla breve, allegro, allemande, alto, andante and 548 more...
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few, small or little words
pauciloquoys
few, paucity, poco, parvovirus, paraffin, pauper, poor, poverty, depauperate, impoverish, foal, filly and 80 more...
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