English

Etymology

Italian stretto#Italian|stretto.

Pronunciation

IPA: /'strɛtəʊ/

Adverb

stretto

1. with gradually increasing speed

Adjective

stretto

1. having gradually increasing speed
2. :*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’

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Italian

Etymology

Latin strictus, perfective passive participle of stringere

Pronunciation

IPA: /'stret:o/

Adjective

1. narrow
2. tight
3. strict
4. close

Derived terms

• caffè stretto

Antonyms

• largo

Noun

{{it-noun|strett|m|o|i}}

1. strait

Related terms

• stretta
• strettezza
• strettire
• strettoia
• strettoio
• strettura

Verb

stretto ( stretta, stretti, strette)

1. 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