cuatro

or quat·ro

[ kwot-roh ]

noun

, plural cuat·ros.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cuatro¹

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

Example Sentences

A small village 23 kilometers east-southeast of Cuatro Caminos; arid tropical scrub forest.

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But beware of the Fonda de los Cuatro Naciones, which is dirty and bad.

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As for a party of four,—Compania de cuatro, compania del diablo!

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Ugjar dista de Aldeire cosa de cuatro leguas de muy mal camino.

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Local residents tell of the infrequent sale of softshells in Cuatro Cinegas, which hints at their dispersal via the agency of man.

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