adj. Of, relating to, or being a lyric operatic voice with some attributes of the dramatic voice: a spinto soprano. [Italian, past participle of spingere, to push, from Vulgar Latin *expingere : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin pangere, to fasten; see IMPINGE.] spinto n. |
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