# tresillo

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A type of Latin American musical rhythm consisting of three-beat units.
2. An obsolete letter (Ꜫ, ꜫ) used in colonial Mayan orthographies to indicate a uvular ejective.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tresillo.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tresillo