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guiro

UK/ˈɡwaɪɹəʊ/US/ˈɡwɪɹoʊ/

guiro noun: synonym of sekere.

guiro: synonym of sekere
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Noun

guiro (plural guiros)

  1. Synonym of sekere.
    Synonyms:
    sekere
  2. A musical instrument, a shaker, made of a hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side, and played by rubbing a stick or scraper ("pua") along the notches to produce a ratchet-like sound.
    • The house band consisted of gigantic guitars, fiddles, trumpets, and accordion, with rhythms provided by a batería including timbales, guiros, and congas.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 721
  3. A genre of traditional Cuban music, used in santería rituals.

guiro meaning in Bengali

guiro in Bengali

একটি বাদ্যযন্ত্র, শেকার

Synonyms of guiro

Forms of guiro

pluralguiros
alternative formgüiro

Origin of guiro

Borrowed from Spanish güiro.

Words that rhyme with guiro

Questions about guiro

What does guiro mean?
Guiro means synonym of sekere.
What is guiro in Bengali?
Guiro in Bengali is একটি বাদ্যযন্ত্র, শেকার. See Guiro meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is guiro?
Guiro is a noun.
How do you pronounce guiro?
Guiro is pronounced /ˈɡwɪɹoʊ/ (US).
What is the plural of guiro?
The plural of guiro is guiros.

Words near guiro in the dictionary

  1. Guipuzcoans
  2. Guipúzcoa
  3. Guirl
  4. guirland
  5. guirlands
  6. guiro
  7. guiros
  8. GUIs
  9. Guisad Central
  10. Guisad Surong
  11. guisard

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: guiro (page history and authors); guiro (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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