Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
RUBATO
rubato
(noun) a flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rubato (plural rubatos)
(music) A tempo in which strict timing is relaxed, the music being played near, but not on, the beat
Anagrams
• Aburto, bar out, outbar, tabour
Source: Wiktionary
Ru*ba"to, a. Etym: [It.]
Definition: Robbed; borrowed. Temple rubato. Etym: [It.] (Mus.) Borrowed time; -- a term applied to a style of performance in which some tones are held longer than their legitimate time, while others are proportionally curtailed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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