ritornello

English

Alternative forms

• ritornelle

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian ritornello, diminutive of ritorno return, from ritornare to return: compare French ritournelle.

Noun

ritornello (plural ritornellos or ritornelli)

1. (music) an orchestral interlude between arias, scenes, or acts in seventeenth-century opera.
2. (music) a tutti section in a concerto grosso, aria, etc.

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Italian

Noun

ritornello m (plural ritornelli)

1. (music) refrain, chorus, burden
2. (music) riff

   Synonym: riff

3. (by extension) same old story, hook

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Spanish

Noun

ritornello m (plural ritornellos)

1. ritornello