English Explanatory Dictionary

cavaquinho

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small guitar-string instrument of Portuguese origin, with four wire or gut strings, played with a plectrum.

Pronunciation

/kavaˈkiːnjuː/

Word forms

cavaquinho cavaquinhos

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cavaquinho, from the diminutive of cavaco (“fragment of wood”).

Synonyms

braguinha braguinho
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