cuatro
English
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish cuatro. Doublet of four and quatre.
Noun
editcuatro (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
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editAragonese
edit< 3 | 4 | 5 > |
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Cardinal : cuatro | ||
Etymology
editInherited from Latin quattuor. Compare Catalan quatre.
Numeral
editcuatro
Asturian
edit< 3 | 4 | 5 > |
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Cardinal : cuatro Ordinal : cuartu | ||
Etymology
editNumeral
editcuatro (indeclinable)
Lombard
editAlternative forms
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editNumeral
editcuatro
Spanish
edit40 | ||
← 3 | 4 | 5 → |
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Cardinal: cuatro Ordinal: cuarto Ordinal abbreviation: 4.º Multiplier: cuádruple Fractional: cuarto | ||
Spanish Wikipedia article on 4 |
Etymology
editInherited 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
editNumeral
editcuatro
Noun
editcuatro m (plural cuatros)
- a four-stringed guitar with the first string a fifth below, instead of a fourth above, the second
Derived terms
edit- a cuatro patas
- a cuatro pies
- Banda de los Cuatro
- como dos y dos son cuatro
- cuatro gatos
- cuatro ojos
- cuatro ojos ven más que dos
- cuatro reglas
- dar cuatro verdades
- de cuatro orejas
- diez-cuatro
- doblón de a cuatro
- entre cuatro paredes
- hidalgo de cuatro costados
- las cuatro esquinas
- más de cuarto
- motor de cuatro tiempos
- por cuatro reales
- por los cuatro costados
- sapo de cuatro ojos
Related terms
editDescendants
editSee also
editPlaying 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 reading
edit- “cuatro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
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