a battuta

English

Etymology

Italian battuta

Adjective

a battuta (not comparable)

  1. (music) With the beat. A direction to resume strict time after the free declamation of a singer; chiefly used in recitatives. It is equivalent to a tempo.

References
  • 1889 Century Dictionary, volume 1 page 6
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