cuatro

[ kwot-roh ]

noun,plural cuat·ros.

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

Origin of cuatro

First recorded in 1900–05; from Latin American Spanish, Spanish: literally, “four”; see origin at four

A small village 23 kilometers east-southeast of cuatro Caminos; arid tropical scrub forest.
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacn, Mxico | William E. Duellman
But beware of the Fonda de los cuatro Naciones, which is dirty and bad.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain | George Edmund Street
As for a party of four,—Compania de cuatro, compania del diablo!
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 2 | Elizabeth Bisland
Ugjar dista de Aldeire cosa de cuatro leguas de muy mal camino.
Novelas Cortas | Pedro Antonio de Alarcn
Local residents tell of the infrequent sale of softshells in cuatro Cinegas, which hints at their dispersal via the agency of man.
North American Recent Soft-shelled Turtles (Family Trionychidae) | Robert G. Webb

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