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troppo

1

[ trop-oh; Italian trawp-paw ]

adverb

, Music.
  1. too much; excessively.


troppo

2

[ trop-oh ]

adjective

, Australian Slang.
  1. mentally disturbed.

troppo

1

/ ˈtrɒpəʊ /

adjective

  1. slang.
    mentally affected by a tropical climate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

troppo

2

/ ˈtrɒpəʊ /

adverb

  1. music too much; excessively See non troppo
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of troppo1

From Italian; Old Italian dialect: “much, very,” probably from Old Provençal trop originally, “herd, flock”; troop

Origin of troppo2

First recorded in 1940–45; trop(ic) + -o, originally in reference to the supposed psychological effects of life in tropical climates, especially in military service
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Word History and Origins

Origin of troppo1

Italian
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Example Sentences

Io non so s’i’ mi fui qui troppo folle, ch’i’ pur rispuosi lui a questo metro: “Deh, or mi dì: quanto tesoro volle Nostro Segnore in prima da san Pietro ch’ei ponesse le chiavi in sua balìa? Certo non chiese se non “Viemmi retro.”

From Slate

Italians might agree that the touch is “un po troppo”; you can use it or lose it.

Born into genteel poverty, Camillo was made a cardinal by his distant relative, Pope Innocent X — whom Velázquez had also painted, and who reacted to his own portrait with the notorious exclamation “Troppo vero”: “too real.”

Vuole dare il proprio legittimo contributo alle comunità locali e alla più vasta società, e beneficiare delle risorse e dello sviluppo troppo spesso riservati a pochi.

From Time

But there were also moments of great delicacy, as with the evanescent pizzicatos at the end of the symphony’s Vivace non troppo movement, a quintessential Mendelssohn scherzo in all but name.

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