obbligato
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editobbligato (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, published 2010, page 281:
- The noise of the traffic outside the building on the boulevard made an unmusical obbligato to my thinking.
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editBorrowed from Latin obligātus.
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editobbligato (feminine obbligata, masculine plural obbligati, feminine plural obbligate, superlative obbligatissimo)
- obliged, compelled, constrained, forced, bound
- obligatory, unavoidable, forced
- Synonyms: imposto, inevitabile, obbligatorio
- obliged, indebted
- Synonyms: grato, riconoscente
- fixed, set
- Synonym: fisso
- percorso obbligato ― fixed course
- (music) obbligato
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editobbligato m (plural obbligati, feminine obbligata)
- obligator, obligor
- Synonym: obbligante
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editobbligato (feminine obbligata, masculine plural obbligati, feminine plural obbligate)
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