tresillo

English

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian tresillo.

Origin

Spanish

tresillo

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