secondo

See also: secóndo, secondò, and Secondo

English

Etymology

From Italian secondo.

Noun

secondo (plural secondos or secondi)

1. (music) The second part of a piano duet for four hands.
   • 2001, Leopold Godowsky, ‎Joseph Banowetz, ‎Alton Chan, Miniatures: for one piano, four hands:

     The writing carefully develops equality in the pupil's hands, as well as fostering a keen sense of hearing through interaction with the more complex writing in the secondo part.

   • 2005, Johannes Brahms, ‎Carol Bell, ‎Digby Bell, Hungarian Dances, Volume 1, page 12:

     Whereas the first part of the dance is light and vivacious, the mood now turns more pompous, with heavy off-beats in the secondo right hand.

   • 2013, Mary Lewis, Antonio Gardano, Venetian Music Printer, 1538-1569, page 315:

     In the tenor, the first p. 30 has the secondo choro (C2) and the second p. 30 has the primo choro (C4) for both.

   • 2014, Adrian Daub, Four-Handed Monsters: Four-Hand Piano Playing and Nineteenth-Century Culture, page 118:

     The secondo was the accompanist, and was tasked with regulating and modulating; he or she more frequently strayed into the contested territory at the center of the keyboard. The secondo determined the voice, both his or her own and that of the primo—the secondo in many respects was the public face of the "four-handed moster."

2. The course that follows the antipasto and primo courses in a full course Italian meal; the meat or fish course.
   • 2010, Suzanne Carreiro, The Dog Who Ate the Truffle:

     Contorni ( side dishes ) —vegetables and potatoes — are served along with the secondo piatto.

   • 2013, Martin Dunford, Piemonte and Valle dâ Aosta Rough Guides Snapshot Italy:

     The next course, the primo, involves soup , risotto or pasta, and is followed by the secondo — the meat or fish course, usually served alone, except for perhaps a wedge of lemon or tomato.

   • 2021, Enrico Massetti, Turin to Milan Via the Aosta Valley, Lake Maggiore and Lake Como:

     When you sit down in a ristorante, they expect you to order two courses at a minimum, such as a primo (first course) and a secondo (second course) or an antipasto (starter) followed by a primo or secondo, or a secondo with dessert.

   • 2023, Rick Steves, ‎Fred Plotkin, Rick Steves Italy for Food Lovers:

     And my Italian friends freely admit the secondo is the least interesting part of their cuisine.

   • 2024, Eva Santaguida, ‎Harper Alexander, The Italian Family Kitchen, page 13:

     There are some dishes, such as Parmigiana di Melanzane (page 144), that can fall into the secondo category despite being vegetarian.

3. A second-generation migrant to Switzerland; The child of an immigrant to Switzerland.
   • 2014, Christine Bischoff, ‎Francesca Falk, ‎Sylvia Kafehsy, Images of Illegalized Immigration, page 49:

     However, public presentation and perception only rarely interpret this generating of flexible identities as an achievement of these "secondos."

   • 2016, Christine Hunner-Kreisel, ‎Sabine Bohne, Childhood, Youth and Migration:

     A key result of our research is that the migration background and the question of cultural identities, in fact, are important for Muslim secondos, but they do not want to be reduced to it.

   • 2018, Jean-Michel De Waele, ‎Suzan Gibril, ‎Ekaterina Gloriozova, The Palgrave International Handbook of Football and Politics, page 177:

     Starting in the late 1980s, the Swiss national team was more and more dominated by players with migrant background (so-called secondos).

See also

• primo

Anagrams

• oscnode, scooned

Italian

Italian numbers ^(edit)

	20
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Cardinal: due     Ordinal: secondo     Ordinal abbreviation: 2º     Adverbial: due volte     Multiplier: doppio, duplice     Distributive: doppiamente     Collective: entrambi, tutti e due     Fractional: mezzo
Italian Wikipedia article on 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈkon.do/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ondo
• Hyphenation: se‧cón‧do

Etymology 1

From Latin secundus (“he who follows, second”), from sequor (“to follow”).

Adjective

secondo (feminine seconda, masculine plural secondi, feminine plural seconde)

1. (ordinal number, before the noun) second
2. (in names of monarchs and popes, after the name) the second

Alternative forms

• 2º m, 2ª f (abbreviations)
• II (abbreviation, in names of monarchs and popes, the second)

Noun

secondo m (plural secondi)

1. (fractional number) second (unit of time)
2. second (in boxing or duelling)
3. second mate, executive officer (in the navy)
4. main course (of a meal)
5. latter (relating to or being the second of two items)

Derived terms

• microsecondo
• millisecondo
• nanosecondo
• secondamente
• secondario
• secondogenito

 

Descendants

• → Switzerland German: Secondo

See also

• millisecondo
• minuto
• ora

Etymology 2

From Latin secundum (“after, behind, according to”, preposition and adverb).

Preposition

secondo

1. according to, as per, per

   Secondo me, … ― In my opinion … (literally, “According to me”)

Derived terms

• secondo me