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Inphonetics, avibrant is aclass of consonant includingtaps andtrills (a trill is "sometimes referred to as a vibrant consonant"[1]).Spanish has two vibrants,/r/ and/ɾ/.
The term is sometimes used when it is not clear whether therhotic (r-sound) in a language is a tap or a trill.
