martellato

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian martellato (“hammered”), from martellare (“to hammer, throb”), from martello (“hammer”), related to Latin martulus, marculus (“small hammer”), diminutive of marcus (“hammer”).

Adjective

martellato (not comparable)

  1. (music) Strongly accented, or hammered out; used of notes played on bowed string instruments, handbells, or the piano.

Italian

Verb

martellato m (feminine singular martellata, masculine plural martellati, feminine plural martellate)

  1. past participle of martellare
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