cuarterón
See also: cuarteron
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From cuarto (“one-fourth”) + -ón (-oon: forming related nouns), from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Cognate with Portuguese quarta.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cuarterón m (plural cuarterones, feminine cuarterona, feminine plural cuarteronas)
- (historical) cuarteron, Spanish quarter-pound (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 115 g)
- Synonym: panilla
- (chiefly historical) quadroon (a person who is three-quarters white, having one Native American or black grandparent)
- Synonym: castizo
Coordinate terms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: quadroon
Further reading edit
- “cuarterón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014