troppo

== English == === Etymology === From tropical +‎ -o (diminutive suffix). First used by Australian troops in tropical regions during WWII, in the sense “affected by war service in the tropics.” === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɹɒpəʊ/ === Adjective === troppo (not comparable) (Australia, slang, with go) Crazy, mad, strangely behaving; especially as attributed to hot weather. ==== Synonyms ==== bonkers doolally, from doolally tap === References === == Interlingua == === Etymology === From the Italian, and also from French trop. === Adverb === troppo (not comparable) too much == Italian == === Etymology === From Early Medieval Latin troppus, borrowed from Frankish *þorp (“a cluster, agglomeration", also "collection of houses, village”), from Proto-Germanic *þurpą (“village”), from Proto-Indo-European *trab-, *treb- (“dwelling, room”). Cognate with French trop (“too much”), Piedmontese tròp/trop. More at trop, thorp and troop. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtrɔp.po/ Rhymes: -ɔppo Hyphenation: tròp‧po === Determiner === troppo (feminine troppa, masculine plural troppi, feminine plural troppe) too much, (in the plural) too many === Pronoun === troppo (feminine troppa, masculine plural troppi, feminine plural troppe) too much (in the plural) too many, too many people === Adverb === troppo too much, too long, too far allegro ma non troppo ― cheerful but not too much === Derived terms === fin troppo === References === === Further reading === troppo in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025 troppo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa troppo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana