sostenuto

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sostenuto.

Adverb

sostenuto (not comparable)

  1. (music) played in a sustained manner beyond the note's normal value

Noun

sostenuto (plural sostenutos or sostenuti)

  1. A note or passage marked to be sustained

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

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Adverb

sostenuto

  1. sostenuto

Noun

sostenuto m (plural sostenutos)

  1. sostenuto

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From sostenere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /so.steˈnu.to/
  • Rhymes: -uto
  • Hyphenation: so‧ste‧nù‧to

Adjective

sostenuto (feminine sostenuta, masculine plural sostenuti, feminine plural sostenute)

  1. fast, steady, high
    Synonyms: veloce, elevato
  2. reserved, distant
    Synonyms: riservato, scostante
  3. (music) sostenuto

Derived terms

Participle

sostenuto (feminine sostenuta, masculine plural sostenuti, feminine plural sostenute)

  1. past participle of sostenere

Further reading

  • sostenuto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian sostenuto.

Adverb

sostenuto

  1. sostenuto
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