"cavaquinho" meaning in All languages combined

See cavaquinho on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /kavaˈkiːnjuː/ Forms: cavaquinhos [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese cavaquinho, from the diminutive of cavaco (“fragment of wood”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|pt|cavaquinho}} Portuguese cavaquinho Head templates: {{en-noun}} cavaquinho (plural cavaquinhos)
  1. A small guitar-string instrument of Portuguese origin, with four wire or gut strings, played with a plectrum. Wikipedia link: cavaquinho Categories (topical): String instruments Synonyms: braguinha, braguinho Translations (small guitar-string instrument of Brazilian origin, with four wire or gut strings): कावाकीन्यू (kāvākīnyū) (Marathi), cavaquinho [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-cavaquinho-en-noun-FAoi~jsy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 70 2 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 1 39

Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /ka.vaˈkĩ.ɲu/ [Brazil], [ka.vaˈkĩ.j̃u] [Brazil], /ka.vaˈkĩ.ɲu/ [Brazil], [ka.vaˈkĩ.j̃u] [Brazil], /ka.vaˈki.ɲo/ [Southern-Brazil], /kɐ.vɐˈki.ɲu/ [Portugal], /kɐ.vɐˈki.ɲu/ [Portugal], /kɐ.bɐˈki.ɲu/ [Northern, Portugal], [kɐ.βɐˈki.ɲu] [Northern, Portugal] Forms: cavaquinhos [plural]
Etymology: From cavaco (“fragment of wood”) + -inho. Etymology templates: {{suffix|pt|cavaco|inho|gloss1=fragment of wood}} cavaco (“fragment of wood”) + -inho Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} cavaquinho m (plural cavaquinhos)
  1. diminutive of cavaco Tags: diminutive, form-of, masculine Form of: cavaco
    Sense id: en-cavaquinho-pt-noun-KdZ8xMvs
  2. (music) cavaquinho (small string instrument of the European guitar family) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Musical instruments Synonyms: braguinha [Azores, Madeira], cavaco
    Sense id: en-cavaquinho-pt-noun-QBFmTr0c Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese terms suffixed with -inho Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Portuguese terms suffixed with -inho: 12 88 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cavaquinhista, cavaquista

Inflected forms

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