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spinto definition

spinto (spēn′tō̂)

adjective

Music both dramatic and lyric: said of a singer's voice a spinto soprano

Etymology: It, pp. of spingere, to push, spur on < VL expingere < L ex-, intens. + pangere, to fasten, drive in: see fang

noun pl. spintos -·tos

a spinto voice or singer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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