What is "moderato"

Moderato \Mod`e*ra"to\, a. & adv. [It. See Moderate.] (Mus.) With a moderate degree of quickness; moderately.

Allegro moderato, a little slower than allegro.

Andante moderato, a little faster than andante.

a. (context music English) describing a passage having this mark adv. (context music English) played in this style n. 1 (context music English) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at a moderate tempo 2 (context music English) A passage having this mark

adj. (of tempo) moderate

Moderato may refer to:

• Moderato, an Italian musical term for a moderate tempo
• Moderato Wisintainer (1902–1986), a Brazilian footballer who played in the first FIFA World Cup