cuarteto
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cuarteto (“quartet”), because the early dance-hall numbers were invariably four-piece bands (violin, piano, accordion, bass). Doublet of quartet.
Noun
cuarteto (uncountable)
- (music) An upbeat genre of music from Argentina, descended from Italian and Spanish dance ensembles.
Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian quartetto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwaɾˈteto/ [kwaɾˈt̪e.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -eto
- Syllabification: cuar‧te‧to
Noun
cuarteto m (plural cuartetos)
Descendants
Further reading
- “cuarteto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Spanish
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English doublets
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Musical genres
- Spanish terms derived from Italian
- Spanish terms borrowed from Italian
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/eto
- Rhymes:Spanish/eto/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Music