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English
Etymology
From Italian leggero.
Adverb
leggero
- (music) Lightly, delicately, or gently.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French legier, from Vulgar Latin *leviārius, from Latin levis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ledˈd͡ʒɛ.ro/
- Rhymes: -ɛro
- Hyphenation: leg‧gè‧ro
Adjective
leggero (feminine leggera, masculine plural leggeri, feminine plural leggere, superlative leggerissimo)
- light (in weight)
- Antonym: pesante
K-Meleon è un web browser davvero molto leggero- K-Meleon is a very light web browser
- (music) pop
non mi piace la musica leggera- I don't like pop music
- slight
- thin (thicker than sottile)
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