Meaning of sotto | Babel Free

Definitions

Ellipsis of sotto voce.

abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, not-comparable

Examples

“Jimi’s guitar plays flat against the major chord, giving a strange, almost discordant effect. Mitch on drums is behind the bass sotto.”

“Wolowitz: Énchanté, mademoiselle. Howard Wolowitz, Cal Tech department of applied physics. You may be familiar with some of my work – – it’s currently toodling around the surface of Mars. Penny: Hi. Penny. Wolowitz: You smell wonderful. What is that scent you’re wearing? Penny: It’s called b.o. Wolowitz: Ah. Hence the shower, of course. Leonard, where have you been hiding this one? She’s charming. Sheldon: (SOTTO, TO LEONARD) Oh, he’s good.”

CEFR level