Portuguese guitar

noun

A plucked guitar with a pear-shaped body and round soundholes, with twelve strings in six double courses, associated most prominently with Portuguese music, especially fado.

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Meanings

nounPortuguese guitar (plural Portuguese guitars)

plural Portuguese guitars

  1. entertainmentA plucked guitar with a pear-shaped body and round soundholes, with twelve strings in six double courses, associated most prominently with Portuguese music, especially fado.
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APA

Portuguese guitar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Portuguese%20guitar

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“Portuguese guitar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Portuguese%20guitar. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Portuguese guitar,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Portuguese%20guitar.

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