Dictionary

rubato en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /rəˈbɑ.toʊ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian rubato (“robbed, stolen”), since the time is "borrowed".

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A tempo in which strict timing is relaxed, the music being played near, but not on, the beat.
   • The etudes with metronome markings should be played in tempo, all others should be considered rubato. 2007, Michele Weir, Jazz Piano Handbook, Alfred Music Publishing, →ISBN, page 110:

Forms

Deriveds

rubatosis

Synonyms

tempo rubato

Translations (4)

pt rubato (tempo played near, but not on, the beat) · cmn 散板 (tempo played near, but not on, the beat) · cmn 伸缩速度 (tempo played near, but not on, the beat) · it rubato (tempo played near, but not on, the beat)