cuatro
English
Etymology
From SpanishCategory:English terms borrowed from Spanish#CUATROCategory:English terms derived from Spanish#CUATRO cuatro. Doublet of four and quatreCategory:English doublets#CUATRO.
Noun
cuatro (plural cuatros)Category:English lemmas#CUATROCategory:English nouns#CUATROCategory:English countable nouns#CUATROCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CUATROCategory:Pages with entries#CUATROCategory:Pages with 6 entries#CUATRO
- 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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Anagrams
Category:en:String instruments#CUATROAragonese
| < 3 | 4 | 5 > |
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| Cardinal : cuatro | ||
Etymology
Inherited from LatinCategory:Aragonese terms inherited from Latin#CUATROCategory:Aragonese terms derived from Latin#CUATRO quattuor. Compare Catalan quatre.
Numeral
cuatroCategory:Aragonese lemmas#CUATROCategory:Aragonese numerals#CUATROCategory:Aragonese entries with incorrect language header#CUATROCategory:Pages with entries#CUATROCategory:Pages with 6 entries#CUATRO
Asturian
| 40 | ||
| ← 3 | 4 | 5 → |
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| Cardinal: cuatro Ordinal: cuartu | ||
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Asturian terms inherited from Latin#CUATROCategory:Asturian terms derived from Latin#CUATRO quattuor.
Numeral
cuatro (indeclinable)Category:Asturian lemmas#CUATROCategory:Asturian numerals#CUATROCategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#CUATROCategory:Pages with entries#CUATROCategory:Pages with 6 entries#CUATRO
Chavacano
| ← 3 | 4 | 5 → |
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| Cardinal: cuatro Ordinal: ika-cuatro, cuarto | ||
Etymology
Inherited from SpanishCategory:Chavacano terms inherited from Spanish#CUATROCategory:Chavacano terms derived from Spanish#CUATRO cuatro (“four”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwatɾo/, [ˈkwa.t̪ɾo]Category:Chavacano terms with IPA pronunciation#CUATRO
- Hyphenation: cu‧a‧tro
Numeral
cuatroCategory:Chavacano lemmas#CUATROCategory:Chavacano numerals#CUATROCategory:Chavacano entries with incorrect language header#CUATROCategory:Pages with entries#CUATROCategory:Pages with 6 entries#CUATRO
Related terms
Category:cbk:Four#CUATRO Category:Chavacano cardinal numbers#CUATROLombard
Alternative forms
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Lombard terms derived from Latin#CUATRO quattuor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwatro/, [ˈkwatro], [ˈkwatru], [ˈkwatrʷ]Category:Lombard terms with IPA pronunciation#CUATRO
Numeral
cuatroCategory:Lombard lemmas#CUATROCategory:Lombard numerals#CUATROCategory:Lombard entries with incorrect language header#CUATROCategory:Pages with entries#CUATROCategory:Pages with 6 entries#CUATRO
Spanish
| 40 | ||
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| Cardinal: cuatro Ordinal: cuarto Ordinal abbreviation: 4.º Multiplier: cuádruple Fractional: cuarto | ||
| Spanish Wikipedia article on 4 | ||
Etymology
Inherited from Old SpanishCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish#CUATROCategory:Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish#CUATRO quatro, from LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Latin#CUATROCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#CUATRO quattŭor (“four”), from Proto-ItalicCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Proto-Italic#CUATROCategory:Spanish terms derived from Proto-Italic#CUATRO *kʷettwōr, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#CUATROCategory:Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#CUATRO *kʷetwóres. Cognates include Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), French quatre, Old English feower (English four).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwatɾo/ [ˈkwa.t̪ɾo]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#CUATROCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CUATRO
Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#CUATROAudio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -atɾoCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/atɾo#CUATROCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/atɾo/2 syllables#CUATRO
- Syllabification: cua‧tro
Numeral
cuatroCategory:Spanish lemmas#CUATROCategory:Spanish numerals#CUATROCategory:Spanish cardinal numbers#CUATROCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CUATROCategory:Pages with entries#CUATROCategory:Pages with 6 entries#CUATRO
Noun
cuatro m (plural cuatros)Category:Spanish lemmas#CUATROCategory:Spanish nouns#CUATROCategory:Spanish countable nouns#CUATROCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CUATROCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#CUATROCategory:Pages with entries#CUATROCategory:Pages with 6 entries#CUATRO
- a four-stringed guitar with the first string a fifth below, instead of a fourth above, the second
Derived terms
- a cuatro patas
- a cuatro pies
- Banda de los Cuatro
- como dos y dos son cuatro
- cuatro cuartos
- 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
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Descendants
See also
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Further reading
- “cuatro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025