Variando

Variando is the present participle (gerund) of the verbs variar in Spanish and Portuguese, and variare in Italian, all derived from Latin variāre meaning to vary or alter. As a gerund, variando denotes an ongoing action of variation and appears in Romance-language texts to describe changing conditions, quantities, or states.

In mathematics, science, and statistics, variando may appear in descriptions of experiments or models in which a parameter is being varied, indicating that the quantity is not fixed but changes within a study or analysis. The exact phrasing depends on the language, but the sense is of ongoing variation rather than a completed change.

In music notation, variando is a directive to vary material, often guiding performers to introduce variations on a theme or to alter texture, rhythm, or dynamics during a passage. The term reflects the broader musical practice of variation as a formal or expressive device and may appear in scores, editorial notes, or pedagogical texts.

Across languages, variando functions as a non-finite verb form that can modify nouns or clauses or serve as a descriptive element within a sentence, with its precise meaning depending on context and linguistic convention.