cuatron.

Brit.

/ˈkwɒtrəʊ/,

/ˈkwatrəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈkwɑtroʊ/,

/ˈkwætroʊ/, Caribbean English

/ˈkwatroː/

Inflections: Plural cuatros, unchanged.

Forms: 1900s– cuatro, 1900s– quatro.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish cuatro.

Etymology: < South American Spanish cuatro four-stringed guitar (1890 or earlier in Venezuela) < Spanish cuatro four (see quatre n.).

Originally and chiefly Caribbean.

A small guitar-like instrument of a kind originating in Latin America, typically having four strings.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > guitar or lute type > [noun] > guitar > other guitars

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1904 Penny Cuts (Trinidad) 13 Aug. Me fuget fuh tell you dat dem gentlemans are practise every nite, dem music ah one comb an ah ole quatro.

1955 Caribbean Q. 4 ii. 101 The band includes a home-made banjo, a cuatro (small 4-stringed Spanish guitar)..and shac-shacs.

1974 Sunday Advocate-News (Barbados) 3 Feb. 13/7 The programme is dedicated to the composers of the early tent brigade; men who made music with ‘Cuatro, bottle and spoon’.

1988 E. Lovelace Brief Conversion 8 He would take up his cuatro and his two shac shacs.

1990 R. Foster Remember Wen? 52 Ah tenor pan, ah doo-dup or ah box-base, some guitar and two-three quatro.

2000 S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide II. ii. 481/2 The little four double-string guitar called a cuatro, similar to Cuba's tres.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	cuatro
释义	cuatron. Brit. /ˈkwɒtrəʊ/, /ˈkwatrəʊ/, U.S. /ˈkwɑtroʊ/, /ˈkwætroʊ/, Caribbean English /ˈkwatroː/ Inflections: Plural cuatros, unchanged. Forms: 1900s– cuatro, 1900s– quatro. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish cuatro. Etymology: < South American Spanish cuatro four-stringed guitar (1890 or earlier in Venezuela) < Spanish cuatro four (see quatre n.). Originally and chiefly Caribbean. A small guitar-like instrument of a kind originating in Latin America, typically having four strings. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > paper of specific size paper royal1497 paper rial1501 sheet1510 demy1546 imperial1572 pot1579 lily-pot1593 grape1611 cap1620 crown paper1620 post1648 foolscap1660 bastard1711 copy1712 crown1712 Kentish cap1766 vessel of paper1790 antiquarian1815 quartern1819 quatrain1819 Albert note1846 cap-paper1854 sermon paper1855 Albert1859 columbier1875 Albert notepaper1881 cuatro1904 duchess1923 half-imperial- society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > guitar or lute type > [noun] > guitar > other guitars slidec1608 samisen1616 angelique1660 angelot1678 angel lutea1708 strim-stramc1730 sitar1777 balalaika1788 ramkie1805 sancho1817 sanxian1839 bass guitar1855 gimbri1876 cuatro1904 electric guitar1933 requinto1937 tamburitza1941 tiple1942 dobro1952 acoustic guitar1953 acoustical guitar1957 bottleneck guitar1961 acoustic1962 slide guitar1968 1904 Penny Cuts (Trinidad) 13 Aug. Me fuget fuh tell you dat dem gentlemans are practise every nite, dem music ah one comb an ah ole quatro. 1955 Caribbean Q. 4 ii. 101 The band includes a home-made banjo, a cuatro (small 4-stringed Spanish guitar)..and shac-shacs. 1974 Sunday Advocate-News (Barbados) 3 Feb. 13/7 The programme is dedicated to the composers of the early tent brigade; men who made music with ‘Cuatro, bottle and spoon’. 1988 E. Lovelace Brief Conversion 8 He would take up his cuatro and his two shac shacs. 1990 R. Foster Remember Wen? 52 Ah tenor pan, ah doo-dup or ah box-base, some guitar and two-three quatro. 2000 S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide II. ii. 481/2 The little four double-string guitar called a cuatro, similar to Cuba's tres. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1904
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