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cavaquinho.

A small guitar-string instrument of Portuguese origin, with four wire or gut strings, played with a plectrum.

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Meaning & usage

noun/kavaˈkiːnjuː/
  1. A small guitar-string instrument of Portuguese origin, with four wire or gut strings, played with a plectrum.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Portuguese cavaquinho, from the diminutive of cavaco (“fragment of wood”).

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