English

Noun

stretto ‎(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.

Adverb

stretto ‎(not comparable)

1. (music) With gradually increasing speed.

Adjective

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…

Anagrams

• totters

Italian

Etymology

From Latin strictus, perfect passive participle of stringō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstretːo/

Adjective

stretto m ‎(feminine singular stretta, masculine plural stretti, feminine 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
• ristretto

Verb

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

1. past participle of stringere