rubato

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /rəˈbɑ.toʊ/

Noun

rubato (countable and uncountable, plural rubatos or rubati)

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

Translations

tempo played near, but not on, the beat

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伸缩速度 (tán xìng sù dù), 散板 (zh) (sǎn bǎn)

• Portuguese: rubato m

Anagrams

• Aburto, Otruba, bar out, outbar, tabour

French

Noun

rubato m (plural rubatos)

1. rubato

Further reading

• “rubato”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruˈba.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: ru‧bà‧to

Participle

rubato (feminine rubata, masculine plural rubati, feminine plural rubate)

1. past participle of rubare (“to steal”)

Adjective

rubato (feminine rubata, masculine plural rubati, feminine plural rubate)

1. (music) rubato

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian rubato (“stolen”). Doublet of roubado.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈba.tu/ [huˈba.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈba.tu/ [huˈba.tu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈba.tu/ [χuˈba.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈba.to/ [huˈba.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈba.tu/ [ʁuˈβa.tu]

• Hyphenation: ru‧ba‧to

Noun

rubato m (plural rubatos)

1. (music) rubato (timing played near, but not on the beat)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian rubato.

Adverb

rubato

1. rubato

Noun

rubato n (uncountable)

1. rubato

Declension

declension of rubato (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) rubato	rubatoul
genitive/dative	(unui) rubato	rubatoului
vocative	rubatoule