cuarto
cuarto · cuartos
A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 27.8 LA traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 27.8 L.
Meaning
2 senses(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.
Origin
(unit of measure): From Spanish cuarto (“quarter-sack”), from Latin quartus (“fourth, quar(unit of measure): From Spanish cuarto (“quarter-sack”), from Latin quartus (“fourth, quarter”). Doublet of quart, quarter, and cuarta, etc.
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