nounplural noun tenorini/-ˈrēnē/

• A high tenor.

  ‘It's totally unfair to call him a tenorino.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘His exquisite tenorino and cheery temperament turned out to be perfectly suited.’
  • ‘His voice is very different to the high tenorino so frequently required nowadays.’
  • ‘His voice is tenorino, a voice especially suited to the softer passions.’
  • ‘His voice, a very high tenor (called a tenorino), influenced several generations of vocalists.’
  • ‘She has little patience for the inexperienced young man she dismisses as ‘el tenorino’.’
  • ‘The accomplished and popular tenorino of the operetta company gave an afternoon entertainment.’