tresillo

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish tresillo. === Noun === tresillo (music) A type of Latin American musical rhythm consisting of three-beat units. An obsolete letter (Ꜫ, ꜫ) used in colonial Mayan orthographies to indicate a uvular ejective. ==== See also ==== cuatrillo cinquillo === Anagrams === Torellis, trilloes, trollies == Spanish == === Etymology === From tres (“three”) +‎ -illo. === Noun === tresillo m (plural tresillos) (music) triplet three-piece suite a type of card game a type of Latin American musical rhythm consisting of three-beat units an obsolete letter shaped like a 3 from colonial Mayan orthographies to indicate a uvular ejective a set of a couch and two armchairs ==== See also ==== cuatrillo cinquillo === Further reading === “tresillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025