rinforzando
adjective (or adverb)
rin·for·zan·do
¦rēnfōr¦tsän(ˌ)dō
: played with a sudden increase of force —used as a direction in music usually for special emphasis of a note, chord, or short phrase —abbreviation rf or rfz compare sforzando
Word History
Etymology
Italian, reinforcing, strengthening, verbal of rinforzare to reinforce, strengthen, from ri- re- (from Latin re-) + inforzare to enforce, strengthen, from Old Italian, from Middle French enforcier