Etymology

cavaquinho

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Today it means: A small guitar-string instrument of Portuguese origin, with four wire or gut strings, played with a plectrum. Full definition →

Portuguese cavaquinho
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  1. Portuguese · borrowed fromcavaquinho
  2. English todaycavaquinho

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

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