rubato

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A tempo in which strict timing is relaxed, the music being played near, but not on, the beat.

/rəˈbɑ.toʊ/

rubato rubatos rubati

Borrowed from Italian rubato (“robbed, stolen”), since the time is "borrowed".

tempo rubato

rubatosis

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