stringendo

English

Etymology

From Italian stringendo (“tightening”).

Noun

stringendo (plural stringendos or stringendi)

1. (music) A passage in music to be played gradually faster; a section of music with in which the tempo slowly increases.

Adverb

stringendo (not comparable)

1. (music) Played with gradually increasing tempo.

Anagrams

• Edringtons, Redingtons, grindstone

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian stringendo (“tightening”).

Adverb

stringendo

1. (music) stringendo

   Synonym: mendesak

Further reading

• “stringendo”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Verb

stringendo

1. gerund of stringere

Latin

Verb

stringendō

1. dative gerund of stringō