tresillo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

tresillo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tresillo.

Related words

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