cuarterón

== Spanish == === Etymology === From cuarto (“one-fourth”) +‎ -ón (-oon: forming related nouns), from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Cognate with Portuguese quarta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kwaɾteˈɾon/ [kwaɾ.t̪eˈɾõn] Rhymes: -on Syllabification: cuar‧te‧rón === Noun === cuarterón m (plural cuarterones, feminine cuarterona, feminine plural cuarteronas) (historical) cuarteron, Spanish quarterpound (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 115 g) Synonym: panilla (chiefly historical) quadroon (a person who is three-quarters white, having one Native American or black grandparent) Synonym: castizo ==== Coordinate terms ==== (unit of mass): onza (1⁄4 cuarterón), marco (2 cuarteróns), libra (4 cuarteróns) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: quadroon === Further reading === “cuarterón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025