spinto
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of spinto
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
Example Sentences
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Opera debut, is a true Verdian, a spinto soprano with a voluptuous tone.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2023
“I am coming from the lyric corner and she’s coming from the lyric corner, arriving now for a little more spinto repertory.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2022
Il tasso del Treasury decennale si è spinto sulle piazze asiatiche a 2,784%, record da gennaio 2019.
From Reuters • Apr. 11, 2022
“To make this role really believable it needs, really a low register, spinto, big high notes, tiny high notes, a floating sound like in ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ — thank God I sang that!”
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2018
The first sonnet opens thus:— "Queste Sonnetti, o Tina, ch' i' hó composto, Me gl' há dettati una Musa buffona, Cantando d' improviso, alla Carlona, Sul suono, spinto dal oalor del Mosto."
From Notes and Queries, Number 40, August 3, 1850 by Various
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