cabaletta /ˌkabəˈlɛtə 
/ ▸ noun (plural cabalettas or plural cabalette)
a simple aria with a repetitive rhythm. ▪ the uniformly quick final section of an aria.
– ORIGIN mid 19th century: from Italian, variant of coboletta ‘short stanza’, diminutive of cobola, from Old Provençal cobla, from Latin copula ‘connection’.
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