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spinto

[ spin-toh; Italian speen-taw ]

adjective

  1. having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:

    a spinto soprano voice.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of spinto1

1940–45; < Italian: literally, excessive, pushed, past participle of spingere to push < Vulgar Latin *expingere, equivalent to Latin ex- ex- 1 + -pingere, combining form of pangere to set, plant, arrange

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