poco a poco
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian poco a poco.
Adverb edit
poco a poco (not comparable)
- (music) little by little; gradually
- Crescendo poco a poco – gradually getting louder.
Italian edit
Adverb edit
Spanish edit
Adverb edit
- little by little, bit by bit, step by step, gradually
- Synonyms: paso a paso, poquito a poco
Descendants edit
- → Belizean Creole: poako poako
Further reading edit
- “poco a poco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014