tresillo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tresillo.

Noun

tresillo

  1. (music) A type of Latin American musical rhythm consisting of three-beat units.
  2. An obsolete letter (Ꜫ, ꜫ) used in colonial Mayan orthographies to indicate a uvular ejective.

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Anagrams

Spanish

Etymology

tres (“three”) +‎ -illo

Noun

tresillo m (plural tresillos)

  1. (music) triplet
  2. three-piece suite
  3. A type of card game
  4. A type of Latin American musical rhythm consisting of three-beat units.
  5. An obsolete letter shaped like a 3 from colonial Mayan orthographies to indicate a uvular ejective.

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