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accordo

Accordo is an Italian noun with several related senses. Most commonly, it denotes an agreement or settlement reached by two or more parties, and it is used across legal, political, and commercial contexts to describe a mutual understanding of obligations or terms. An accordo may be informal or formal; in international relations it can denote a bilateral or multilateral understanding. When a binding legal instrument is intended, terms such as trattato or intesa ufficiale are often used, whereas accordo remains the more general, sometimes less formal term.

In music, accordo (plural accordi) refers to a chord or harmony—notes sounded together. The term also appears

Etimologia: accordo derives from the verb accordare, and ultimately from Latin concordare/concordia, conveying the idea of

Esempi comuni includono: un accordo tra le parti, un accordo commerciale, un accordo di pace. In ambito

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accordare,
to
tune
an
instrument,
and
accordarsi,
to
come
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agreement
or
to
harmonize
in
practice.
harmony
or
agreement.
musicale,
si
parla
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accordo
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minore,
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di
progressioni
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accordi.