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Noun: portamento (portamenti,portamentos)  ,por-tu'men-tow
  1. In singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual carrying or lifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note to another; a gliding from tone to tone

Derived forms: portamentos, portamenti

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