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sotto¹

  • /ˈsəʊtəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈsɒtəʊ/ UK
  • [ˈsotːo] UK

Rhymes with (UK) -əʊtəʊ, (UK) -ɒtəʊ

Where it comes from

Ellipsis of sotto voce.

adverb

  1. abbreviation, ellipsis, not comparable Ellipsis of sotto voce Jimi’s guitar plays flat against the major chord, giving a strange, almost discordant effect. Mitch on drums is behind the bass sotto.

adjective

  1. abbreviation, ellipsis, not comparable Ellipsis of sotto voce Playing against the effect, Wood plays single sotto lines with a variation on the key that sustains a minor mode against the finely tuned feedback effects stroked in pinks against the upper canvas.

Sotto²

Where it comes from

Variant of Spanish Soto, mostly borne by Filipinos.

proper noun Sottos

  1. A surname.

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MLA

"sotto." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sotto. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

sotto. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sotto

Chicago

"sotto." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sotto.

BibTeX
@misc{sotto_2026,
  title = {sotto},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sotto},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}