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🍗 Main meat course 🎹 Lower duet part
secondo

secondo

1 7.7
The main dish in an Italian meal that is usually meat or fish
  • noun
  • /sɛˈkondoʊ/
  • Jargon
: plato principal
  • For her secondo, she chose roasted chicken with potatoes and rosemary.

Examples

  • The waiter recommended the grilled sea bass as the secondo of the evening.

  • After enjoying the pasta, we eagerly awaited the arrival of the secondo.

  • The secondo was a delicious grilled salmon.

  • We ordered the secondo and it was fantastic.

  • For her secondo, she chose roasted chicken with potatoes and rosemary.

  • The waiter recommended the grilled sea bass as the secondo of the evening.

  • After enjoying the pasta, we eagerly awaited the arrival of the secondo.

Synonyms

main course
vssecondo
36 1.3

The main dish served after a starter and before dessert

is the Italian meal part typically meat or fish rather than any general substantial dish

Surface Forms

secondo singular
secondi plural

Etymology

Secondo comes from the Italian word for 'second', from Latin secundus meaning 'after the first'. In a meal, the secondo is the 'second' plate in an Italian menu, the main meat or fish course served after the pasta.