cuarteto
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish cuarteto (“quartet”), because the early dance-hall numbers were invariably four-piece bands (violin, piano, accordion, bass). Doublet of quartet.
Noun
editcuarteto (uncountable)
- (music) An upbeat genre of music from Argentina, descended from Italian and Spanish dance ensembles.
Anagrams
editSpanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian quartetto.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcuarteto m (plural cuartetos)
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “cuarteto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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