ripresa
/rɪˈpreɪsə/(also represa)
noun
1 Music. = repeat.
2 Music. A refrain, especially in early Italian ballate and related forms.
- The ripresa was linked, both metrically and musically, to the last section of the strophe, and was originally repeated after each strophe..
3 Dance. A type of sideways step. historical.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in Short Explication of Foreign Words in Musick Books. From Italian ripresa refrain, ritornello, musical passage which is to be repeated, mark of repetition, specific senses of ripresa.