cuatro

or ��ܲ��·��

[ kwot-roh ]

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noun

plural cuatros.

a small guitar with four or five strings or pairs of strings, used in Latin American and Caribbean music.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cuatro¹

First recorded in 1900–05; from Latin American Spanish, Spanish: literally, “four”; four ( def )

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Example Sentences

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And with the fluttering strums of a cuatro venezolano in “Joropo,” she called attention to the South American folkloric genre of the same name.

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She learned how to play the cuatro from her father, whose family took refuge in Venezuela during the Spanish Civil War.

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Valé March 13 at Cuatro Gato 8:20-9 p.m.

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In the case of Noah Cuatro, a 4-year-old who died in 2019, both of his parents completed weeks of classes meant to make them better guardians before a judge placed him back into their custody.

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Jose Cuatro pleaded no contest to first degree murder and torture and faces 32 years to life in prison.

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Cuanza cub

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