marcato


mar·ca·to

M0100900 (mär-kä′tō)adv. & adj. Music With strong accentuation. Used chiefly as a direction.
[Italian, past participle of marcare, to mark, accent, from Old Italian; see demarcation.]

marcato

(mɑːˈkɑːtəʊ) musicadj (Classical Music) (of notes) heavily accentedadv (Classical Music) with each note heavily accented[C19: from Italian: marked]

mar•ca•to

(mɑrˈkɑ toʊ)

adj. Music. strongly accented. [1830–40; < Italian: literally, marked, past participle of marcare to mark, n. derivative of marca, marco mark « Germanic; see mark1]

marcato

with each note emphasized distinctly