cuatro

English

Etymology

Spanish cuatro

Noun

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).

Derived terms

See also

  • Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

Anagrams

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin quattuor.

Numeral

cuatro

  1. (cardinal) four

Asturian

Asturian cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : cuatro
    Ordinal : cuartu

Etymology

From Latin quattuor.

Numeral

cuatro (indeclinable)

  1. (cardinal) four

Spanish

Spanish cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : cuatro
    Ordinal : cuarto
    Multiplier : cuádruple

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwatɾo/, [ˈkwat̪ɾo]
  • Audio (Latin America)(file)

Numeral

cuatro

  1. (cardinal) four

Noun

cuatro m (plural cuatros)

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

Anagrams

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