# 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: /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.
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “quarto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (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, 2012–2025

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

### Adjective

cuarto (feminine cuarta, masculine plural cuartos, feminine plural cuartas)
* (ordinal number) fourth

#### Derived terms

* a la cuarta pregunta

### 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)
    cuarto militar de su majestad Bob VII.military service to His Majesty Bob VII
* (chiefly in the plural) well-proportioned limbs (especially in discussion of art and horses)
* (historical) cuarto (a former copper Spanish coin)
* (Andalusian, 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

* cuartilla
* cuarto a cuarto
* cuarto de baño
* cuarto de culebrina
* cuarto de estandartes
* cuarto de estar
* cuarto de Luna
* cuarto oscuro
* cuarto poder
* cuarto y mitad
* cuartucho
* cuatro cuartos
* dar un cuarto al pregonero
* del tres al cuarto
* ni qué ocho cuartos
* primo cuarto
* sacacuartos
* tres cuartos de lo mismo

#### Descendants

* → Tagalog: kuwarto

### 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

* caruto, cuatro, curato, trauco