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Intermezzo
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intermezzo
intermezzo
See also: intermezzò
English
Noun
intermezzo (plural intermezzos)
- A short piece of music or act in the interval of the main spectacle; a theatrical interlude.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 8:
- She had ample time, too, to change for the next scene, which started with a longish intermezzo staged by a ballet company whose services Scotty had engaged [...].
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 8:
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Italian
Noun
intermezzo m (plural intermezzi)
Synonyms
- (2) pausa, intervallo
Verb
intermezzo
- first-person singular present indicative of intermezzare