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cuarteto

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cuar-te-to
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

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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Questions

What does cuarteto mean?
An upbeat genre of music from Argentina, descended from Italian and Spanish dance ensembles.
Where does cuarteto come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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