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cavaquinho

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:

cavaquinho

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /kavaˈkiːnjuː/

Noun[edit]

cavaquinho (plural cavaquinhos)

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

Synonyms[edit]

See also[edit]

Appendix:Glossary of string instruments

References[edit]

2005. Choro: A Social History of a Brazilian Popular Music. Tamara Elena Livingston, Thomas George. Pg. 5.

Portuguese[edit]

cavaquinhos

Etymology[edit]

Cavaco (“fragment of wood”) +‎ -inho.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌka.va.ˈki.ɲu/, /ˌka.vɐ.ˈki.ɲu/
(South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌka.va.ˈki.ɲo/
(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.vɐ.ˈki.ɲu/

Noun[edit]

cavaquinho m (plural cavaquinhos)

Diminutive of cavaco
(music) cavaquinho (small string instrument of the European guitar family)
Synonyms: braguinha (Azores, Madeira), cavaco

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