#Italian loanword

• Agiato — A technical musical term of manner or execution indication from Italian, meaning easily, comfortably, quietly, or at ease; it prescribes the performance of a composition or musical fragment in a moderate, relaxed tempo, free of structural haste.
• Tawny owl — A term borrowed from Italian or used as a rare loanword in ornithology to designate the tawny owl (Strix aluco), a medium-sized nocturnal bird of prey in the family Strigidae, featuring large dark eyes and a brownish-gray plumage that provides perfect camouflage on tree bark. Figuratively, in Italian and occasionally in literary slang, the term describes a dull, dazed, simple-minded, or easily fooled person.
• Love — An archaic variant or stylistic borrowing from Italian designating the feeling of love, an intense romantic passion, or the object of deep affection. In classical musical terminology, the term frequently appears in expression marks (such as 'con amore' - with love, with passion) to guide the sensitive interpretation of a piece.
• Angelo — A term borrowed from the Italian language ('angelo'), used transiently in Romanian literature or in cosmopolitan colloquial speech to denote an angel or a person with physical and moral traits of an ideal purity. As a proper name (usually capitalized, Angelo), it represents a widely circulated international masculine given name, directly related to the Romanian Anghel, carrying the meaning of divine envoy or messenger of heaven.
• Animando — A musical execution directive requiring the performer to gradually increase the animation, vivacity, and dynamism of the piece, often through a slight acceleration of the tempo and an increase in sound intensity. This term guides the emotional transition of a composition toward a more passionate, lively, or agitated state, adding expressiveness to the musical discourse.
• Animato — A musical performance directive requiring the player to perform in an enlivened, lively, moved manner full of dynamic expressiveness. Unlike 'animando', which implies a gradual process of acceleration or intensification, this term establishes a stable mood and tempo characterized by vibrant energy right from the beginning of the respective passage.