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rubati

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ru⋅ba⋅to

  [roo-bah-toh; It. roo-bah-taw] adjective, noun, plural -tos, -ti  [-tee] , adverb Music.
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–adjective
1. having certain notes arbitrarily lengthened while others are correspondingly shortened, or vice versa.
–noun
2. a rubato phrase or passage.
3. a rubato performance.
–adverb
4. in a rubato manner.
Origin:
1880–85; < It (tempo) rubato stolen (time), ptp. of rubare to steal < Gmc; see rob
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