cuarto

English

Etymology

(unit of measure): From Spanish cuarto (“quarter-sack”), from Latin quartus (“fourth, quarter”). Doublet of quart, quarter, and cuarta, etc.

Noun

cuarto (plural cuartos)

1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 27.8 L.
2. (historical) A former Spanish coin (until 1866), worth one eighth of a real.

Synonyms

• (unit of measure): quarter-sack, half-fanega, half-bushel (Spanish contexts)

Coordinate terms

• (unit of measure): cuartillo (1/24 cuarto), medio (1/12 cuarto), celemin (⅙ cuarto), cuartilla (½ cuarto), fanega (2 cuartos), saco (4 cuartos), carga (8 cuartos), cahiz (24 cuartos)

Asturian

Adjective

cuarto

1. neuter of cuartu

Galician

Galician numbers ^(edit)

	40
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Cardinal: catro     Ordinal: cuarto     Multiplier: cuádruplo     Fractional: cuarto

Cuarto of a traditional Galician house

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quartus. Doublet of carto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwaɾto̝/

Noun

cuarto m (plural cuartos)

1. bedroom

   Synonym: dormitorio

2. (by extension) any room of a house

   Synonyms: estancia, peza

Derived terms

• cuarto de aseo, cuarto de baño

Noun

cuarto m (plural cuartos)

1. fourth; quarter (one of four equal parts of a whole)

   Synonym: cuartel

2. fourth (person or thing in the fourth position)

Related terms

• Cartas
• Cartelos
• catro
• cuarta
• Cuartas

Adjective

cuarto m (feminine singular cuarta, masculine plural cuartos, feminine plural cuartas)

1. fourth

Alternative forms

• 4º m, 4ª f (abbreviation)

References

• “quarto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “quarto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cuarto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cuarto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cuarto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Further reading

• “cuarto” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Spanish

Spanish numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: cuatro     Ordinal: cuarto     Ordinal abbreviation: 4.º     Multiplier: cuádruple     Fractional: cuarto
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Alternative forms

• quarto (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin quartus. Doublet of cuarta. The sense of room is after a common division of houses (4 or 5 sections). As a unit of English measure, calqued from English quart. Compare English quarter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwaɾto/ [ˈkwaɾ.t̪o]

• Audio (Latin America)

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• Rhymes: -aɾto
• Syllabification: cuar‧to

Adjective

cuarto (feminine cuarta, masculine plural cuartos, feminine plural cuartas)

1. (ordinal number) fourth

Derived terms

• a la cuarta pregunta

Noun

cuarto m (plural cuartos)

1. fourth, in a series
2. fourth, quarter, one of four equal divisions of a whole
   1. quarter-hour, one of four equal divisions of an hour
   2. (historical) watch, one of the four approximately equal divisions of the night, especially for shifts of watchmen
   3. (military) watch, one of the four equal divisions of soldiers, guards, police, &c. for routine patrols
   4. English or American quart, a unit of liquid measure equal to 1/4 gallon, equivalent to about 0.95 L
   5. (historical) cuarto, quarter-sack, a traditional unit of dry measure equal to 1/4 saco, equivalent to about 27.8 L
   6. quarter, one of the four main divisions of the body of quadrapeds and birds
   7. (historical) quarter, one of the four main divisions of the body of criminals for public display

      Synonyms: media fanega, media

   8. (sewing) quarter, one of four main pieces of cloth used to tailor a garment
   9. (astronomy) quarter, one of the four main phases of a heavenly body as it waxes and wanes in the sky

      cuarto creciente ― first quarter
      cuarto menguante ― last quarter

   10. (genealogy) line, lineage, any of the four main lines of ancestry through one's various grandparents
3. quarters, various structures used for dwelling
   1. Synonym of sala, a room
   2. Synonym of habitación, a bedroom
   3. Synonym of piso, an apartment
4. watch, shift, the time that a soldier, guard, police, &c. spends on patrol
5. lot, a piece of real estate, especially one of the divisions of a large piece of land being put to sale
6. service, particularly to a king or queen

   cuarto militar de su majestad Bob VII.

   military service to His Majesty Bob VII

7. (chiefly in the plural) well-proportioned limbs, especially in discussion of art and horses
8. (historical) cuarto, a former copper Spanish coin
9. (Andalusian, Dominican Republic, slang, in the plural) Synonym of dinero, money
10. (slang, in the plural) Synonym of dinero, a fortune

Coordinate terms

• (English unit of liquid volume): onza (1/32 cuarto), gill (⅛ cuarto), pinta (½ cuarto), galón (4 cuartos), barril (126 cuartos)
• (Spanish unit of dry volume): cuartillo (1/24 cuarto), medio (1/12 cuarto), celemín (⅙ cuarto), cuartilla (½ cuarto), fanega (2 cuartos), saco (4 cuartos), carga (8 cuartos), cahíz (24 cuartos)
• (former coin): maravedí (de vellón, ¼ cuarto)

Derived terms

• cuartilla
• cuarto de baño
• cuarto de estar
• cuarto oscuro
• cuarto poder
• cuartucho
• del tres al cuarto
• ni qué ocho cuartos
• primo cuarto
• sacacuartos
• tres cuartos de lo mismo

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: kuwarta
• → Ilocano: kuarta
• → Tagalog: kuwarto
• → Tagalog: kuwarta

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• caruto, cuatro, curato, trauco