# cuarta
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cuarta (“fourth”). Doublet of quart, quarter, and cuarto, &c.

### Noun

cuarta (plural cuartas) (historical)
* A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, a quarter-ferrado equivalent to about 3–4.5 L depending on the substance measured.
* Synonym of palmo, quarter-vara, a traditional Spanish unit of length

## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkwaɾta/ [ˈkwaɾ.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -aɾta
* Syllabification: cuar‧ta

### Adjective

cuarta
* feminine singular of cuartu

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkwaɾta/ [ˈkwaɾ.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -aɾta
* Hyphenation: cuar‧ta

### Adjective

cuarta
* feminine singular of cuarto

### Noun

cuarta f (plural cuartas)
* (historical) Synonym of palmo, traditional unit of length

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuəɾˠt̪ˠə/

### Noun

cuarta f
* inflection of cuairt:
** plural used with numerals
** variant genitive singular

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkwaɾta/ [ˈkwaɾ.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -aɾta
* Syllabification: cuar‧ta

### Etymology 1

From cuerda (“cord”).

#### Noun

cuarta f (plural cuartas)
* (Cuba, Puerto Rico) Synonym of disciplina (a hemp whip resembling a cat-o'-nine-tails)
* (Mexico) Synonym of látigo (a short horse whip)

##### Descendants

* → English: quirt

### Etymology 2

From cuarto (“one-fourth, a fourth, a quarter”). Doublet of cuarto. As a Galician measure, partially from Galician cuarta. Cognate with Galician cuarta.

#### Noun

cuarta f (plural cuartas)
* fourth, quarter (one of four equal divisions of some whole)
** (card games) quatorze (set of four similar cards in piquet)
** (Catholicism) Synonym of cuarta funeral (the right of a church to part of the payment for its parishioners' funeral and mass services when held elsewhere)
** (military) battalion (particularly a battalion forming exactly one-fourth of a company)
** (historical) quadrant (an astronomical tool)
** (historical) cuarta, quarter-ferrado (a Galician unit of dry measure equivalent to about 3–4.5 L depending on the substance measured)
** (historical) Synonym of palmo, quarter-vara (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 20.8 cm)
** (historical) cuarta (a former measure of lumber, indicating a 9×9 inch beam varying in length from 11–25 pies (“feet”) at different places and times)
** (historical) Synonym of cuartera (a former measure of lumber, indicating an 8×8 inch beam 15 feet long)
** (historical) Synonym of encuarte (a former form of emergency assistance, the additional fee for irregularly shaped stone or wood)
* fourth (the fourth in position)
** (music) fourth (a musical interval of five semitones or four degrees of the diatonic scale)
** (music) fourth (the string fourth across from another)
** (automotive) fourth (the fourth gear of a transmission)
* compass point (particularly in a 32-part division)
* (Philippines) money
* (Andalusia) guide mule (for horsedrawn vehicles)

#### Adjective

cuarta f sg
* feminine singular of cuarto

#### Descendants

* → Cebuano: kuwarta
* → Ilocano: kuarta
* → Tagalog: kuwarta

### Further reading

* “cuarto”, 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

### Anagrams

* actuar