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- Italian · derived frombattuta
- English todaya battuta
From Italian battuta.
Words from the same roots
Italianbattuta all →
battuta
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a battuta
Today it means: With the beat. A direction to resume strict time after the free declamation of a singer; chiefly used in recitatives. It is equivalent to a tempo. Full definition →
Italian battuta