noun
tres
noun
1
A three-stringed (or, in some variants, six- or nine-stringed) guitar-like instrument used in Cuban and Puerto Rican music.
"The band's sound was anchored by the bright, ringing tone of a tres."
How to Use Tres
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA small stringed instrument, similar to a guitar, central to traditional Cuban music like son.
Word Forms
treses plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tres, "three" — a doublet of English three and trey.