cuarto

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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.

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Adjective

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cuarto

  1. neuter of cuartu

Galician

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Galician numbers (edit)
40[a], [b]
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal (standard): catro
    Cardinal (reintegrationist): quatro
    Ordinal (standard): cuarto
    Ordinal (reintegrationist): quarto
    Ordinal abbreviation:
    Multiplier (standard): cuádruplo
    Multiplier (reintegrationist): quádruplo
Cuarto of a traditional Galician house

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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cuarto m (plural cuartos)

  1. bedroom
    Synonym: dormitorio
  2. (by extension) any room of a house
    Synonyms: estancia, peza

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Noun

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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)
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Adjective

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

  1. fourth

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Spanish

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Spanish numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: cuatro
    Ordinal: cuarto
    Ordinal abbreviation: 4.º
    Multiplier: cuádruple
    Fractional: cuarto

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Etymology

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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, calque of English quart. Compare English quarter.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkwaɾto/ [ˈkwaɾ.t̪o]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾto
  • Syllabification: cuar‧to

Adjective

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

  1. (ordinal number) fourth

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Noun

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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 14 galón, equivalent to about 0.95 L)
    5. (historical) cuarto, quarter-sack (a traditional unit of dry measure equal to 14 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 crecientefirst quarter
      cuarto menguantelast 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 (room)
    2. Synonym of habitación (bedroom)
    3. Synonym of piso (apartment)
  4. watch, shift (the time that a soldier, guard, police, etc. 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)

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  • Tagalog: kuwarto

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