enfatico

adjective

en·​fa·​ti·​co

āmˈfätē(ˌ)kō

: emphatic, forceful

—used as a direction in music

Word History

Etymology

Italian, from Late Latin emphaticus forcible, expressive, from Greek emphatikos

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