cuatro
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Spanish cuatro. Doublet of four and quatre.
NounEdit
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).
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AragoneseEdit
< 3 | 4 | 5 > |
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Cardinal : cuatro | ||
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cuatro
AsturianEdit
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Cardinal : cuatro Ordinal : cuartu | ||
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cuatro (indeclinable)
SpanishEdit
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Cardinal: cuatro Ordinal: cuarto Multiplier: cuádruple Fractional: cuarto |
EtymologyEdit
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).
PronunciationEdit
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cuatro
NounEdit
cuatro m (plural cuatros)
- A four-stringed guitar with the first string a fifth below, instead of a fourth above, the second.
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Playing cards in Spanish · cartas (layout · text) | ||||||
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as | dos | tres | cuatro | cinco | seis | siete |
ocho | nueve | diez | sota | reina | rey | comodín |
Further readingEdit
- “cuatro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.