violão — meaning in English
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English meaning
- guitar noun A stringed musical instrument with a fretted neck and (usually) six strings, played by plucking or strumming.
Senses
violão is used for these senses in English:
- acoustic guitar A hollow-body guitar of the older variety, in contradistinction to an electric guitar.
- classical guitar A type of flat-tabled guitar of Spanish origin used primarily for Western classical music, flamenco, and Latin American music, with six nylon (formerly gut) strings, usually played with the fingers rather than with a plectrum.
- guitar (musical instrument) A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).