| ADELANTADO | • adelantado n. (Historical) A governor of a province; a commander, in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries. • ADELANTADO n. (Spanish) a governor of a province; a commander. |
| AFICIONADO | • aficionado n. (Obsolete) An amateur bullfighter. • aficionado n. A person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a particular interest or activity (originally bullfighting);… • AFICIONADO n. (Spanish) a devotee, admirer, an enthusiastic fan, also AFFICIONADO. |
| ALLARGANDO | • allargando adv. (Music) Decreasing in tempo; getting slower. • ALLARGANDO adv. (Italian) with slowing tempo. |
| DIMINUENDO | • diminuendo n. (Music) A dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly. • diminuendo n. (Music) A passage having this mark. • diminuendo n. (Metaphoric) The gradual dying away of something. |
| HACIENDADO | • haciendado n. Alternative form of hacendado. • HACIENDADO n. the owner of a hacienda, also HACENDADO. |
| INQUIRENDO | • inquirendo n. (Law) An authority to inquire. • INQUIRENDO n. the authority to inquire into something e.g. for the benefit of the Crown. |
| RITARDANDO | • ritardando adv. (Music) Gradually decelerating the tempo of a piece of music, especially at the end of the piece. • ritardando adj. (Music) Having a gradually decelerating tempo. • ritardando n. (Music) An instance of gradually decelerating the tempo of a piece of music. |
| SCHERZANDO | • scherzando adv. (Music) In a playful or sportive manner. • scherzando n. (Music) A piece of music to be played in a playful or sportive manner. • SCHERZANDO adv. (Italian) in a playful or sportive manner. |
| SEMIFREDDO | • semifreddo n. Any dessert eaten cold but not frozen. • SEMIFREDDO n. (Italian) a partially frozen Italian dessert similar to ice-cream. |
| STRINGENDO | • stringendo n. (Music) A passage in music to be played gradually faster; a section of music with in which the tempo slowly increases. • stringendo adv. (Music) Played with gradually increasing tempo. • STRINGENDO adv. (Italian) urging or hastening the time, as to a climax. |
| TREMOLANDO | • tremolando n. (Music) A tremolo section of a piece. • tremolando adv. (Music) Played with a tremolo effect. • TREMOLANDO n. (Italian) a vibrating, quavering musical effect. |