spintos

Variant of spinto

adjective

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

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

noun pl. spintos

a spinto voice or singer
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