# cuartillo
## English
### Etymology 1

From Spanish cuartillo (“$^1$⁄$_{48}$ Castilian bushel, &c.”), from Old Spanish quartillo (“little fourth”) in reference to its forming a fourth celemin, from quarto + -illo (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Doublet of cuartilla and quartilho.

#### Noun

cuartillo (plural cuartillos)
* (historical) A traditional Castilian unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 1.2 L.
* (historical) A traditional Castilian unit of liquid measure, equivalent to about 0.5 L.
* (historical) A former coin in Spain and parts of Latin America equal to a quarter-real.

##### Coordinate terms

* (unit of dry volume): medio (2 cuartillos), celemin (4 cuartillos), cuartilla (12 cuartillos), hemina (20 cuartillos), cuarto (24 cuartillos), fanega (48 cuartillos), saco (96 cuartillos), carga (192 cuartillos), cahiz (576 cuartillos)
* (unit of liquid volume): azumbre (4 cuartillos)
* (former coin): real (4 cuartillos), peso (32 cuartillos, in some contexts)

### Etymology 2

From Galician cuartillo (“$^1$⁄$_{120}$ Galician bushel”), from Old Galician-Portuguese quartillo, from Old Spanish quartillo (“little fourth”), &c.

#### Noun

cuartillo (plural cuartillos)
* (historical) A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 0.5–0.75 L depending on the substance measured.
* (historical) A traditional Galician unit of land area reckoned as the amount needed to sow a cuartillo of seed, varying from 2.5–30 m² in different parts of Galicia.

##### Coordinate terms

* (unit of volume): cunca (2 cuartillos), esca (12 cuartillos), ferrado (24 cuartillos), fanega (120 cuartillos)
* (unit of area): cunca (2 cuartillos), ferrado (24 cuartillos)

### Anagrams

* cuatrillo

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese quartillo, from Old Spanish quartillo (“little fourth”), from quarto + -illo (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Named for its relation to the celamín of grain. Cognate with Spanish cuartillo and Portuguese quartilho.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kwaɾˈtiʎo̝/

### Noun

cuartillo m (plural cuartillos)
* (historical) cuartillo, a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 0.5–0.75 L depending on the substance measured
* (historical) cuartillo, a traditional unit of land area reckoned as the amount of land that can be sown with a cuartillo of seed, varying from 2.5–30 m² in different parts of Galicia
* (historical) Synonym of neto, a traditional unit of liquid measure

#### Coordinate terms

* (unit of volume): cunca (2 cuartillos), escá (12 cuartillos), ferrado (24 cuartillos), fanega (120 cuartillos)
* (unit of area): cunca (2 cuartillos), ferrado (24 cuartillos)

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “quartill”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cuartillo”, 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), “cuartillo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cuartillo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish quartillo (“little fourth”), from quarto + -illo (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Equivalent to cuarto (“fourth”) +‎ -illo (“-elle: forming diminutives”). Doublet of cuartilla. Cognate with Galician cuartillo and Portuguese quartilho.

### Noun

cuartillo m (plural cuartillos)
* (historical) cuartillo, quarter-celemin (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 1.2 L)
* (historical) cuartillo, quarter-azumbre (a traditional unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 0.5 L)
* (historical) cuartillo, quarter-real (a former coin or unit of account in Spain and parts of Latin America)

#### Coordinate terms

* (unit of dry volume): medio (2 cuartillos), celemín (4 cuartillos), cuartilla (12 cuartillos), hemina (20 cuartillos), cuarto (24 cuartillos), fanega (48 cuartillos), saco (96 cuartillos), carga (192 cuartillos), cahíz (576 cuartillos)
* (unit of liquid volume): azumbre (4 cuartillos)
* (former coin): real (4 cuartillos), peso (32 cuartillos, in some contexts)

#### Derived terms

* andar a tres menos cuartillo
* ir de cuartillo

### Further reading

* “cuartillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10