cuatro

Spanish cuatro

cuatro (plural cuatros)

1. (music) Any of several stringed instruments of Latino origin; a Venezuelan ukulele-like instrument with four strings; a Puerto Rican violin-like instrument with ten strings in five courses (most commonly).

• cuatrista

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

• actour, curato, turaco

From Latin quattuor.

cuatro

1. four

From Latin quattuor.

cuatro (indeclinable)

1. four

From Old Spanish quatro, from Latin quattŭor (“four”), from Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Cognates include Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), French quatre, Old English feower (English four).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwatɾo/, [ˈkwat̪ɾo]
• Hyphenation: cua‧tro

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cuatro

1. four

cuatro m (plural cuatros)

1. A four-stringed guitar with the first string a fifth below, instead of a fourth above, the second.

• quattuor
• cuadrado

• caruto
• cuarto
• curato
• trauco