intermezzo

Borrowed from Italian intermezzo.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /intəˈmetsəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /intəˈmetsou/
• (IT) IPA^(key): /inteɹˈmedzo/

Note: Despite being a borrowed word from Italian, some English speakers maintain its Italian pronunciation.

intermezzo (plural intermezzos)

1. A short piece of music or act in the interval of the main spectacle; a theatrical interlude.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 8:

     She had ample time, too, to change for the next scene, which started with a longish intermezzo staged by a ballet company whose services Scotty had engaged [...].

• interlude

intermezzo m (plural intermezzi)

1. intermezzo
2. interval, break

• (2) pausa, intervallo

intermezzo

1. first-person singular present indicative of intermezzare