stretto

English

Etymology

Italian stretto.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /'strɛtəʊ/

Adverb

stretto

1. (music) with gradually increasing speed

Adjective

stretto

1. having gradually increasing speed

   • 1960: 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… — Thomas Pynchon, ‘Entropy’

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Italian

Etymology

Latin strictus, perfective passive participle of stringere

Pronunciation

• IPA: /'stret:o/

Adjective

stretto m (f stretta, m plural stretti, f plural strette)

1. narrow
2. tight
3. strict
4. (linguistics) close

Derived terms

• caffè stretto

Antonyms

• largo

Noun

stretto m. (plural stretti)

1. strait

Related terms

• stretta
• strettezza
• strettire
• strettoia
• strettoio
• strettura

Verb

stretto m. (f. stretta, m. pl. stretti, m. f. strette)

1. past participle of stringere

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