Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
brio
English translation:
vivacity, fire, spirit
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Apr 6, 2003 19:05
21 yrs ago
Italian term
brio
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Music
I'm looking for the language more than anything... I was told that it meant something like energetic but if you have the direct translation along with the language please share...
Proposed translations
(English)
5 | vivacity | smarinella |
5 | brioso, briosamente | Georgios Paraskevopoulos |
5 | brio | agtranslat |
4 | spirit | leff |
Change log
Apr 16, 2006 22:15: Fabio Descalzi changed "Language pair" from "zzz Other zzz to English" to "Italian to English" , "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Music"
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vivacity
brio = vivacity, fire, spirit
"allegro con brio" for example, in the music...
It's an Italian word of Celtic origin.
Referred to a person, it also involves gaiety, a positive, lively attitude to life and intellectual flexibility.
"allegro con brio" for example, in the music...
It's an Italian word of Celtic origin.
Referred to a person, it also involves gaiety, a positive, lively attitude to life and intellectual flexibility.
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spirit
'con brio' means in music 'with spirit', 'spiritedly'
And it's from Italian
And it's from Italian
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brioso, briosamente
briosamente [briosamente]
(vb) with spirit, in a lively manner.
brioso [brioso]
(adj) lively.
Brio is an Italian word that means full of energy, life and enthusiasm. It's the name of our magazine because it's a terrific definition of our readers!
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Note added at 2003-04-06 20:38:40 (GMT)
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Brio is used in english as foreign word
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Note added at 2003-04-06 20:51:47 (GMT)
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Brio is used in english as foreign word
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Note added at 2003-04-06 21:11:24 (GMT)
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Brio is used in english as foreign word
(vb) with spirit, in a lively manner.
brioso [brioso]
(adj) lively.
Brio is an Italian word that means full of energy, life and enthusiasm. It's the name of our magazine because it's a terrific definition of our readers!
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Note added at 2003-04-06 20:38:40 (GMT)
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Brio is used in english as foreign word
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Note added at 2003-04-06 20:51:47 (GMT)
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Brio is used in english as foreign word
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Note added at 2003-04-06 21:11:24 (GMT)
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Brio is used in english as foreign word
123 days
brio
It's also a Spanish word, same meaning spirit, verve, pizzaz.
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