Definition of affrettando
:becoming faster, as if excited
—used as a direction in music
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affrettando
adjective
af·fret·tan·do
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ˌa-frə-ˈtän-(ˌ)dō
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ˌä-
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Origin and Etymology of affrettando
Italian, literally, hastening, verbal of affrettare to hasten, from a- (from Latin ad-) + fretta haste, from frettare to rub, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin frictare, from Latin frictus, past participle of fricare to rub
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