Definition of tenorino in English:
tenorino
nounPlural tenorini ˌtɛnəˈriːnəʊˌtenəˈrēnō
A high tenor.
Example sentencesExamples
- His voice is very different to the high tenorino so frequently required nowadays.
- His exquisite tenorino and cheery temperament turned out to be perfectly suited.
- His voice is tenorino, a voice especially suited to the softer passions.
- His voice, a very high tenor (called a tenorino), influenced several generations of vocalists.
- It's totally unfair to call him a tenorino.
- The accomplished and popular tenorino of the operetta company gave an afternoon entertainment.
- She has little patience for the inexperienced young man she dismisses as ‘el tenorino’.
Origin
Italian, diminutive of tenore 'tenor'.