Spanish guitar

American  

noun

1. acoustic guitar.

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Spanish guitar British  

noun

1. the classic form of the guitar; a six-stringed instrument with a waisted body and a central sound hole

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Etymology

Origin of Spanish guitar

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

Carola, a former dancer with Ballet Folklórico de México, puts on a recording of a Spanish guitar.

From Los Angeles Times

This sonic fusion is most apparent in the album’s titular track, which opens with an isolated electric guitar melody reminiscent of early Radiohead before a Spanish guitar enters the mix.

From Los Angeles Times

An upbeat club banger with flecks of Spanish guitar, the song tells that story almost word for word.

From BBC

While many blues guitarists play slide on a standard Spanish guitar, Mr. Roulette created an impressive array of sounds with a Hawaiian steel guitar played on his lap.

From Washington Post

Eydie Gormé and Trio Los Panchos, “Melchor, Gaspar y Baltazar” Buttressed by flourishes of Sephardic Spanish guitar, the ultimate practitioners of bolero cool lay down this sweet paean to the Three Wise Men, whose feast day is the traditional day that kids across Latin America got their gifts.

From Los Angeles Times