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martellato

martellato

English

Adjective

martellato ‎(comparative more martellato, superlative most martellato)

  1. (music) A musical notation to indicate that the note is strongly accented, or hammered out, as to bowed string instruments and the piano.

Italian

Verb

martellato m ‎(feminine singular martellata, masculine plural martellati, feminine plural martellate)

  1. past participle of martellare

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian martellato ‎(“hammered”), from martellare ‎(“to hammer, throb”), from martello ‎(“hammer”), related to Latin martulus, marculus ‎(“small hammer”), diminutive of marcus ‎(“hammer”).

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