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Italian word

alto

tall, high; loud (of volume)

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alto

(music) a low female singing voice — borrowed from Italian

⚠️ The trap

English borrowed 'alto' as a singing-voice term. In everyday Italian 'alto' just means tall or high. The low female voice is 'contralto' in Italian music terminology.

To say "(music) a low female singing voice — borrowed from Italian" in Italian:

contralto (for the voice type)

"alto" in English means:

tall, high; loud (of volume)

Example

"Mio fratello è molto alto, misura un metro e novanta."

"My brother is very tall, he is 1.90 m."

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