rubato
(noun) a flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rubato (plural rubatos)
(music) A tempo in which strict timing is relaxed, the music being played near, but not on, the beat
• 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
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
