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) (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 27.8 L. (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 (1⁄6 cuarto), cuartilla (1⁄2 cuarto), fanega (2 cuartos), saco (4 cuartos), carga (8 cuartos), cahiz (24 cuartos) === Anagrams === turaco, curato, cuatro, auctor, outcar, actour == Asturian == === Adjective === cuarto neuter of cuartu == Galician == === Alternative forms === quarto (reintegrationist) === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese quarto, from Latin quartus. Doublet of carto. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkwaɾto/ [ˈkwaɾ.t̪ʊ] Rhymes: -aɾto === Noun === cuarto m (plural cuartos) bedroom Synonym: dormitorio (by extension) any room of a house Synonyms: estancia, peza ==== Derived terms ==== cuarto de aseo, cuarto de baño === Noun === cuarto m (plural cuartos) fourth; quarter (one of four equal parts of a whole) Synonym: cuartel fourth (person or thing in the fourth position) ==== Related terms ==== Cartas Cartelos catro cuarta Cuartas === Adjective === cuarto (feminine cuarta, masculine plural cuartos, feminine plural cuartas) fourth ==== Alternative forms ==== 4º m, 4ª f (abbreviation) === References === “quarto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012. Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cuarto”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cuarto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cuarto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cuarto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Further reading === “cuarto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Spanish == === 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, calque of English quart. Compare English quarter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkwaɾto/ [ˈkwaɾ.t̪o] Rhymes: -aɾto Syllabification: cuar‧to === Adjective === cuarto (feminine cuarta, masculine plural cuartos, feminine plural cuartas) (ordinal number) fourth ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === cuarto m (plural cuartos) fourth (in a series) fourth, quarter (one of four equal divisions of a whole) quarter-hour (one of four equal divisions of an hour) (historical) watch (one of the four approximately equal divisions of the night, especially for shifts of watchmen) (military) watch (one of the four equal divisions of soldiers, guards, police, &c. for routine patrols) English or American quart (a unit of liquid measure equal to 1⁄4 galón, equivalent to about 0.95 L) (historical) cuarto, quarter-sack (a traditional unit of dry measure equal to 1⁄4 saco, equivalent to about 27.8 L) quarter (one of the four main divisions of the body of quadrapeds and birds) (historical) quarter (one of the four main divisions of the body of criminals for public display) Synonyms: media fanega, media (sewing) quarter (one of four main pieces of cloth used to tailor a garment) (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 (genealogy) line, lineage (any of the four main lines of ancestry through one's various grandparents) quarters (various structures used for dwelling) synonym of sala (“room”) synonym of habitación (“bedroom”) synonym of piso (“apartment”) watch, shift (the time that a soldier, guard, police, etc. spends on patrol) lot (a piece of real estate, especially one of the divisions of a large piece of land being put to sale) service (particularly to a king or queen) (chiefly in the plural) well-proportioned limbs (especially in discussion of art and horses) (historical) cuarto (a former copper Spanish coin) (Andalusia, Dominican Republic, slang, in the plural) synonym of dinero (“money”) (slang, in the plural) synonym of dinero (“a fortune”) ==== Coordinate terms ==== (English unit of liquid volume): onza (1⁄32 cuarto), gill (1⁄8 cuarto), pinta (1⁄2 cuarto), galón (4 cuartos), barril (126 cuartos) (Spanish unit of dry volume): cuartillo (1⁄24 cuarto), medio (1⁄12 cuarto), celemín (1⁄6 cuarto), cuartilla (1⁄2 cuarto), fanega (2 cuartos), saco (4 cuartos), carga (8 cuartos), cahíz (24 cuartos) (former coin): maravedí (de vellón, 1⁄4 cuarto) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Tagalog: kuwarto === Further reading === “cuarto”, 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 === Anagrams === caruto, cuatro, curato, trauco