sfogato
adjective
sfo·ga·to
sfōˈgät(ˌ)ō
1
: light and airy in performance —used as a direction in music
2
: high and thin in tone —used chiefly of a voice in the phrase soprano sfogato
Word History
Etymology
Italian, past participle of sfogare to exhale, give vent to, from s- (from Latin ex-) + -fogare (from Latin fugare to put to flight, from fuga act of running away, flight)