rubato

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

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

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

• Aburto, Otruba, bar out, outbar, tabour

rubato m (plural rubatos)

1. rubato

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

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

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

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

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

1. (music) rubato

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

rubato m (plural rubatos)

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

Unadapted borrowing from Italian rubato.

rubato

1. rubato

rubato n (uncountable)

1. rubato