stretto
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian stretto. Doublet of strait and strict.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
stretto (countable and uncountable, plural strettos or stretti)
- (music) The presence of two close or overlapping statements of the subject of a fugue, especially towards the end.
- (music) An acceleration in the tempo of an opera that produces an ending climax.
Adverb[edit]
stretto (not comparable)
- (music) With gradually increasing speed.
Adjective[edit]
stretto (not comparable)
- (music) Having gradually increasing speed.
- 1960, Thomas Pynchon, Entropy:
- So that over and above the public components – holidays, tourist attractions – there are private meanderings, linked to the climate as if this spell were a stretto passage in the year’s fugue: haphazard weather, aimless loves, unpredicted commitments…
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin strictus, perfect passive participle of stringō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
stretto (feminine stretta, masculine plural stretti, feminine plural strette, superlative strettissimo)
Derived terms[edit]
- caffè stretto (“espresso with less water”)
- stretta
- strettamente
- strettezza
- strettire
- strettoia
- strettoio
Noun[edit]
stretto m (plural stretti)
Participle[edit]
stretto (feminine stretta, masculine plural stretti, feminine plural strette)
Related terms[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from Italian stretto.
Adverb[edit]
stretto
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