Definition of "cuatro" []

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

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• "At one point, the second violinist put his fiddle down and picked up a small "cuatro" guitar and strummed virtuosically."
• "Conforme al precepto citado, en el Artículo 42 del decreto General de la Población, se describe el estatus de visitante no inmigrante, quien puede extender su estancia por más de cuatro períodos de entradas y salidas múltiples."
• "Here the reeds collectively play an incredibly tricky ensemble part and then solo in and around each other; on the new album, Mr. Sanabria has expanded Mr. Puente's chart into an eight-minute battle for " cuatro hermanos .""