cavaquinho

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kavaˈkiːnjuː/

Noun

cavaquinho (plural cavaquinhos)

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

Synonyms

See also
  • Appendix:Glossary of string instruments

References

Portuguese
cavaquinhos

Etymology

Cavaco (“fragment of wood”) +‎ -inho.

Pronunciation
  • (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

cavaquinho m (plural cavaquinhos)

  1. diminutive of cavaco
  2. (music) cavaquinho (small string instrument of the European guitar family)

Synonyms
  • cavaquinhista
  • cavaquista
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