Cavaquinho
//kavaˈkiːnjuː// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A small guitar-string instrument of Portuguese origin, with four wire or gut strings, played with a plectrum.
"One person came back with a guitar, another with a Brazilian-style ukulele called a cavaquinho, and a third with a tambourine and a tantam drum with a long, thick neck."
Example
More examples"One person came back with a guitar, another with a Brazilian-style ukulele called a cavaquinho, and a third with a tambourine and a tantam drum with a long, thick neck."
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese cavaquinho, from the diminutive of cavaco (“fragment of wood”).
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