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cavaquinho.

diminutive of cavaco

10 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ka.vaˈkĩ.ɲu/Brazil[ka.vaˈkĩ.j̃u]Brazil/kɐ.vɐˈki.ɲu/Portugal/kɐ.bɐˈki.ɲu/Northern, Portugal
  1. diminutive of cavaco

    diminutive · form-of · masculine
  2. cavaquinho (small string instrument of the European guitar family)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From cavaco (“fragment of wood”) + -inho.

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