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cinquillo

cinquillo noun: a type of Latin American musical rhythm consisting of five-beat units.

Noun

cinquillo

  1. A type of Latin American musical rhythm consisting of five-beat units.

Origin of cinquillo

From Spanish cinquillo.

Questions about cinquillo

What does cinquillo mean?
Cinquillo means a type of Latin American musical rhythm consisting of five-beat units.
What part of speech is cinquillo?
Cinquillo is a noun.

Words near cinquillo in the dictionary

  1. cinquepace
  2. cinquepaces
  3. cinquepas
  4. Cinquera
  5. cinques
  6. cinquillo
  7. CINs
  8. cinsault
  9. cinsaults
  10. cinter
  11. cinters

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