troppo

¹ American  

[trop-oh, trawp-paw] / ˈtrɒp oʊ, ˈtrɔp pɔ /

adverb

Music.

1. too much; excessively.

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troppo ² American  

[trop-oh] / ˈtrɒp oʊ /

adjective

Australian Slang.

1. mentally disturbed.

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troppo ¹ British  

/ ˈtrɒpəʊ /

adverb

1. music too much; excessively See non troppo

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troppo ² British  

/ ˈtrɒpəʊ /

adjective

1. slang  mentally affected by a tropical climate

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Etymology

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

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.

From Washington Post

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.”

From New York Times

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.

From New York Times