English
Etymology
Italian stretto#Italian|stretto.
Pronunciation
IPA: /'str�t��/
Adverb
stretto
- music with gradually increasing speed
Adjective
stretto
- 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�
Italian
Etymology
Latin strictus, perfective passive participle of stringere
Pronunciation
IPA: /'stret:o/
Adjective
it-adj|strett
- narrow
- tight
- strict
- linguistics|lang=it close
Derived terms
caffè stretto
Antonyms
largo
Noun
it-noun|strett|m|o|i
- strait
Related terms
stretta
strettezza
strettire
strettoia
strettoio
strettura
Verb
stretto m (f stretta, m p stretti, m f strette)
- past participle of stringere
Category:Italian verb forms
de:stretto
el:stretto
es:stretto
fr:stretto
io:stretto
it:stretto
hu:stretto
vi:stretto
tr:stretto
zh:stretto
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