Largo is a music word. When a piece is marked largo, you play or sing it slowly, with a serious, open feeling — not rushing, not light.

Largo is a music wordLargo是一個音樂用語。When a piece is marked largo當一首曲子被標記為largo時, you play or sing it slowly你要把它演奏或唱得很慢, with a serious, open feeling帶著一種嚴肅、開闊的感覺 — not rushing, not light不趕、不輕快。

In Italian, largo means broad or wide; musicians took that to mean give the notes room. It is one of the slow speed marks you see on a score, slower than andante, and often slower than adagio too, though composers are not always tidy about the labels.

In Italian, largo means broad or wide在義大利文裡，largo的意思是「寬廣」; musicians took that to mean give the notes room音樂家把這個意思引申成「讓每個音符有足夠的空間」。It is one of the slow speed marks you see on a score它是樂譜上你會看到的慢速標記之一, slower than andante比andante行板慢, and often slower than adagio too通常也比adagio慢板還慢, though composers are not always tidy about the labels不過作曲家對這些標記的使用，並不總是那麼一致。

You can also call a slow, broad piece a largo. The most famous one in the West is Handel's Largo — though actually that tune, Ombra mai fu, was marked larghetto, a little less slow, and the nickname stuck anyway.

You can also call a slow, broad piece a largo你也可以把一首慢而寬廣的曲子直接叫做a largo。The most famous one in the West is Handel's Largo在西方最有名的一首，就是Handel's Largo韓德爾的《廣板》 — though actually that tune, Ombra mai fu, was marked larghetto, a little less slow不過其實，那首曲子Ombra mai fu原本標記的是larghetto小廣板，稍微沒那麼慢, and the nickname stuck anyway但這個暱稱還是流傳了下來。

Outside music, English hardly uses largo.

Outside music離開音樂領域, English hardly uses largo英文幾乎不會用largo這個字。