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cuat·ro

(kwä′trō)

n. pl. cuat·ros

A small guitarlike instrument of Latin America, usually having four or five pairs of strings.

[Spanish, from Latin quattuor, four; see quatrain.]

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cuatro

(ˈkwɒtrəʊ)

n, pl -tros

(Instruments) dialect Caribbean a small guitar with four strings

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