cuarteto

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noun

An upbeat genre of music from Argentina, descended from Italian and Spanish dance ensembles.

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Meanings

nouncuarteto (uncountable)
  1. uncountableentertainmentAn upbeat genre of music from Argentina, descended from Italian and Spanish dance ensembles.

Origin

  1. Spanishcuarteto“quartet”
  2. Englishcuarteto

Borrowed from Spanish cuarteto (“quartet”), because the early dance-hall numbers were invariably four-piece bands (violin, piano, accordion, bass). Doublet of quartet.

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APA

cuarteto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuarteto

MLA

“cuarteto.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuarteto. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cuarteto,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuarteto.

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