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单词 cavaquinho
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Definition of cavaquinho in English:

cavaquinho

nounPlural cavaquinhos ˌkavaˈkiːnjəʊˌkävəˈkēnyō
  • A type of small, four-stringed guitar resembling a ukulele, popular in Brazil and Portugal.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • During the 15th century the four-course cavaquinho reached Africa, the Americas, and even Hawaii, where it became the four-string Ukulele.
    • Back in the 1400s, Portuguese sailors took cavaquinhos with them on their voyages of discovery to Africa, the Americas and the Caribbean.
    • Nordestinos, cowboys from the hinterland in leather sombreros with turned-up brims, were singing mournful ballads and accompanying themselves on accordions, triangles and mandolin-like cavaquinhos.
    • Her two brothers played guitars and cavaquinhos at home, and rather than play hopscotch or dolls with other girls of her age, her great pleasure was to accompany her brothers.
    • Carlos elegantly distills the essence of Peruvian Quecua waltzes usually heard with Pan flutes and cavaquinhos but here played with an accordion.

Origin

Portuguese.

 
 

Definition of cavaquinho in US English:

cavaquinho

nounˌkävəˈkēnyō
  • A small, four-stringed guitar resembling a ukulele, popular in Brazil and Portugal.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Carlos elegantly distills the essence of Peruvian Quecua waltzes usually heard with Pan flutes and cavaquinhos but here played with an accordion.
    • During the 15th century the four-course cavaquinho reached Africa, the Americas, and even Hawaii, where it became the four-string Ukulele.
    • Nordestinos, cowboys from the hinterland in leather sombreros with turned-up brims, were singing mournful ballads and accompanying themselves on accordions, triangles and mandolin-like cavaquinhos.
    • Back in the 1400s, Portuguese sailors took cavaquinhos with them on their voyages of discovery to Africa, the Americas and the Caribbean.
    • Her two brothers played guitars and cavaquinhos at home, and rather than play hopscotch or dolls with other girls of her age, her great pleasure was to accompany her brothers.

Origin

Portuguese.

 
 
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