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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian stretto. Doublet of strait and strict.

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Noun

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stretto (countable and uncountable, plural strettos or stretti)

  1. (music) The presence of two close or overlapping statements of the subject of a fugue, especially towards the end.
  2. (music) An acceleration in the tempo of an opera that produces an ending climax.

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stretto (not comparable)

  1. (music) With gradually increasing speed.

Adjective

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stretto (not comparable)

  1. (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

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Etymology

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From Latin strictus, perfect passive participle of stringō.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈstret.to/
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  • Rhymes: -etto
  • Hyphenation: strét‧to

Adjective

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stretto (feminine stretta, masculine plural stretti, feminine plural strette, superlative strettissimo)

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

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Noun

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stretto m (plural stretti)

  1. strait

Participle

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stretto (feminine stretta, masculine plural stretti, feminine plural strette)

  1. past participle of stringere
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Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Italian stretto.

Adverb

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stretto

  1. stretto