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)

1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 27.8 L.
2. (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

1. neuter of cuartu

Galician

Galician numbers ^(edit)

	40[a], [b]
←  3	4	5  →
Cardinal (standard): catro     Cardinal (reintegrationist): quatro     Ordinal (standard): cuarto     Ordinal (reintegrationist): quarto     Ordinal abbreviation: 4º     Multiplier (standard): cuádruplo     Multiplier (reintegrationist): quádruplo
Galician Wikipedia article on 4

Cuarto of a traditional Galician house

Alternative forms

• quarto (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder.

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *kʷtwr̥to-

Proto-Italic *kʷeturtos

Latin quartus

Old Galician-Portuguese quarto

Galician cuarto

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese quarto, from Latin quartus. Doublet of carto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwaɾto/ [ˈkwaɾ.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -aɾto

Noun

cuarto m (plural cuartos)

1. bedroom

   Synonym: dormitorio

2. (by extension) any room of a house

   Synonyms: estancia, peza

Derived terms

• cuarto de aseo, cuarto de baño

Noun

cuarto m (plural cuartos)

1. fourth; quarter (one of four equal parts of a whole)

   Synonym: cuartel

2. 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)

1. 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 Santamarina, 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 Santamarina, Ernesto X. 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

Spanish numbers ^(edit)

	40
←  3	4	5  →
Cardinal: cuatro     Ordinal: cuarto     Ordinal abbreviation: 4.º     Multiplier: cuádruple     Fractional: cuarto
Spanish Wikipedia article on 4

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]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾto
• Syllabification: cuar‧to

Adjective

cuarto (feminine cuarta, masculine plural cuartos, feminine plural cuartas)

1. (ordinal number) fourth

Derived terms

• a la cuarta pregunta
• cuarta pared

Noun

cuarto m (plural cuartos)

1. fourth (in a series)
2. fourth, quarter (one of four equal divisions of a whole)
   1. quarter-hour (one of four equal divisions of an hour)
   2. (historical) watch (one of the four approximately equal divisions of the night, especially for shifts of watchmen)
   3. (military) watch (one of the four equal divisions of soldiers, guards, police, &c. for routine patrols)
   4. English or American quart (a unit of liquid measure equal to ¹⁄₄ galón, equivalent to about 0.95 L)
   5. (historical) cuarto, quarter-sack (a traditional unit of dry measure equal to ¹⁄₄ saco, equivalent to about 27.8 L)
   6. quarter (one of the four main divisions of the body of quadrapeds and birds)
   7. (historical) quarter (one of the four main divisions of the body of criminals for public display)

      Synonyms: media fanega, media

   8. (sewing) quarter (one of four main pieces of cloth used to tailor a garment)
   9. (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

   10. (genealogy) line, lineage (any of the four main lines of ancestry through one's various grandparents)
3. quarters (various structures used for dwelling)
   1. synonym of sala (“room”)
   2. synonym of habitación (“bedroom”)
   3. synonym of piso (“apartment”)
4. watch, shift (the time that a soldier, guard, police, etc. spends on patrol)
5. lot (a piece of real estate, especially one of the divisions of a large piece of land being put to sale)
6. service (particularly to a king or queen)

   cuarto militar de su majestad Bob VII.

   military service to His Majesty Bob VII

7. (chiefly in the plural) well-proportioned limbs (especially in discussion of art and horses)
8. (historical) cuarto (a former copper Spanish coin)
9. (Andalusia, Dominican Republic, slang, in the plural) synonym of dinero (“money”)
10. (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), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026

Anagrams

• caruto, cuatro, curato, trauco