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

From 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
  6. a set of a couch and two armchairs

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