lute
/l(j)uːt/
C1 · Advanced★☆☆☆☆
Simple Meaning
un instrumento musical antiguo con cuerdas, como una guitarra, que se toca con los dedos.
When to Use
📚Academic Writing📝Exam Vocabulary
Advanced — complex ideas, academic/professional
Examples in Conversation
“Tocó una hermosa canción en el laúd en la feria medieval.”
“Nunca he visto un laúd antes, ¿es difícil de aprender?”
Learning Path
▶Full Definition
A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.