cuatro

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish cuatro. Doublet of four and quatre. === Noun === cuatro (plural cuatros) Any of several stringed instruments of Latino origin; a Venezuelan ukulele-like instrument with four strings; a Puerto Rican violin-like instrument with ten strings in five courses (most commonly). ==== Derived terms ==== cuatrista ==== See also ==== Appendix:Glossary of chordophones === Anagrams === turaco, curato, auctor, outcar, actour, cuarto == Aragonese == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin quattuor. Compare Catalan quatre. === Numeral === cuatro four == Asturian == === Etymology === From Latin quattuor. === Numeral === cuatro (indeclinable) four == Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish cuatro (“four”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkwatɾo/, [ˈkwa.t̪ɾo] Hyphenation: cu‧a‧tro === Numeral === cuatro four ==== Related terms ==== == Lombard == === Alternative forms === quatro, quattro (Western orthographies) === Etymology === From Latin quattuor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkwatro/, [ˈkwatro], [ˈkwatru], [ˈkwatrʷ] === Numeral === cuatro alternative form of cuàter (“four”) == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish quatro, from Latin quattŭor (“four”), from Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Cognates include Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), French quatre, Old English feower (English four). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkwatɾo/ [ˈkwa.t̪ɾo] Rhymes: -atɾo Syllabification: cua‧tro === Numeral === cuatro four === Noun === cuatro m (plural cuatros) a four-stringed guitar with the first string a fifth below, instead of a fourth above, the second ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cebuano: kwatro → English: cuatro → Tagalog: kuwatro ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “cuatro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 === Anagrams === caruto cuarto curato trauco