poco a poco
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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]- little by little, step by step, gradually, bit by bit
- Synonyms: a poco a poco, gradualmente, passo a passo, piano piano
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
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