spinto
[ spin-toh; Italian speen-taw ]
/ ˈspɪn toʊ; Italian ˈspin tɔ /
adjective
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element: a spinto soprano voice.
Origin of spinto
1940–45; < Italian: literally, excessive, pushed, past participle of
spingere to push < Vulgar Latin
*expingere, equivalent to Latin
ex-
ex-1 +
-pingere, combining form of
pangere to set, plant, arrange