cuarteto - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Borrowed from Spanish cuarteto (“quartet”), because the early dance-hall numbers were invariably four-piece bands (violin, piano, accordion, bass). Doublet of quartet.

cuarteto (uncountable)

1. (music) An upbeat genre of music from Argentina, descended from Italian and Spanish dance ensembles.

• Crotteau

Borrowed from Italian quartetto.

• IPA^(key): /kwaɾˈteto/ [kwaɾˈt̪e.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: cuar‧te‧to

cuarteto m (plural cuartetos)

1. (music) quartet
2. foursome

• → English: cuarteto
• → Tagalog: kuwarteto

• “cuarteto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014