rubato
Portuguese, noun/ʁuˈba.tu/
rubato is spelled R-U-B-A-T-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written Portuguese, the 232,157th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rubato is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “rubato (timing played near, but not on the beat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does rubato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerubato (timing played near, but not on the beat)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of rubato
- rubatos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rubato?
- Brazil /ʁuˈba.tu/
- Brazil [huˈba.tu]
- /ʁuˈba.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rubato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rubato in Portuguese?
rubato appears about once in every 71 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).