cuatro

[ kwot-roh ]

/ ˈkwɒt roʊ /

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noun, plural cuat·ros.

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

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Origin of cuatro

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

En el camino dividieron la présa y tocó a quatrocientos pesos a cada uno de sesenta y quatro personas.
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period|Various
All four eyes of Quatro Oyos seemed to stare at the insignificant shrimp of a recruit.
A Soldier of the Legion|C. N. Williamson
The encounter had been too much for Quatro Oyos: that, and the money the general gave him at parting.
A Soldier of the Legion|C. N. Williamson
Estos quatro Pronombres equivalen al suyo de nuestra Castilla; y se declinan como los que arriba dexo declinados.
A Vocabulary or Phrase Book of the Mutsun Language, Spoken at the Mission of San Juan Bautista, Alta California|Father Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta