appassionato
1 of 2adjective
ap·pas·si·o·na·to
variants or appassionata
-ätə
: deeply emotional : impassioned —used as a direction in music
appassionato
2 of 2noun
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plural -s
: a musical movement or piece marked appassionato
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Italian appassionato (masculine) & appassionata (feminine), past participle of appassionare to impassion, from ap- (from Latin, from ad-) + passionare to impassion, from passione passion, from Late Latin passion-, passio
Noun
Italian, from appassionato, past participle