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cuarteto

cuarteto noun: an upbeat genre of music from Argentina, descended from Italian and Spanish dance ensembles.

Noun

cuarteto (uncountable)

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

Origin of cuarteto

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

Questions about cuarteto

What does cuarteto mean?
Cuarteto means an upbeat genre of music from Argentina, descended from Italian and Spanish dance ensembles.
What part of speech is cuarteto?
Cuarteto is a noun.

Words near cuarteto in the dictionary

  1. Cuartas
  2. Cuartases
  3. Cuartero
  4. cuarteron
  5. cuarterons
  6. cuarteto
  7. cuartilla
  8. cuartillas
  9. cuartillo
  10. cuarto
  11. cuartos

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