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.

See also

• cuatrillo
• cinquillo

Anagrams

• Torellis, trilloes, trollies

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

See also

• cuatrillo
• cinquillo

Further reading

• “tresillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10