cuartillo
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Spanish cuartillo (“1⁄48 Castilian bushel, &c.”), from Old Spanish quartillo (“little fourth”) in reference to its forming a fourth celemin, from quarto + -illo (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Doublet of cuartilla and quartilho.
Noun
editcuartillo (plural cuartillos)
- (historical) A traditional Castilian unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 1.2 L.
- (historical) A traditional Castilian unit of liquid measure, equivalent to about 0.5 L.
- (historical) A former coin in Spain and parts of Latin America equal to a quarter-real.
Coordinate terms
edit- (unit of dry volume): medio (2 cuartillos), celemin (4 cuartillos), cuartilla (12 cuartillos), hemina (20 cuartillos), cuarto (24 cuartillos), fanega (48 cuartillos), saco (96 cuartillos), carga (192 cuartillos), cahiz (576 cuartillos)
- (unit of liquid volume): azumbre (4 cuartillos)
- (former coin): real (4 cuartillos), peso (32 cuartillos, in some contexts)
Etymology 2
editFrom Galician cuartillo (“1⁄120 Galician bushel”), from Old Galician-Portuguese quartillo, from Old Spanish quartillo (“little fourth”), &c.
Noun
editcuartillo (plural cuartillos)
- (historical) A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 0.5–0.75 L depending on the substance measured.
- (historical) A traditional Galician unit of land area reckoned as the amount needed to sow a cuartillo of seed, varying from 2.5–30 m² in different parts of Galicia.
Coordinate terms
edit- (unit of volume): cunca (2 cuartillos), esca (12 cuartillos), ferrado (24 cuartillos), fanega (120 cuartillos)
- (unit of area): cunca (2 cuartillos), ferrado (24 cuartillos)
Anagrams
editGalician
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese quartillo, from Old Spanish quartillo (“little fourth”), from quarto + -illo (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Named for its relation to the celamín of grain. Cognate with Spanish cuartillo and Portuguese quartilho.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcuartillo m (plural cuartillos)
- (historical) cuartillo, a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 0.5–0.75 L depending on the substance measured
- (historical) cuartillo, a traditional unit of land area reckoned as the amount of land that can be sown with a cuartillo of seed, varying from 2.5–30 m² in different parts of Galicia
- (historical) Synonym of neto, a traditional unit of liquid measure
Coordinate terms
edit- (unit of volume): cunca (2 cuartillos), escá (12 cuartillos), ferrado (24 cuartillos), fanega (120 cuartillos)
- (unit of area): cunca (2 cuartillos), ferrado (24 cuartillos)
References
edit- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “quartill”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cuartillo”, 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), “cuartillo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cuartillo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Spanish quartillo (“little fourth”), from quarto + -illo (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Equivalent to cuarto (“fourth”) + -illo (“-elle: forming diminutives”). Doublet of cuartilla. Cognate with Galician cuartillo and Portuguese quartilho.
Noun
editcuartillo m (plural cuartillos)
- (historical) cuartillo, quarter-celemin (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 1.2 L)
- (historical) cuartillo, quarter-azumbre (a traditional unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 0.5 L)
- (historical) cuartillo, quarter-real (a former coin or unit of account in Spain and parts of Latin America)
Coordinate terms
edit- (unit of dry volume): medio (2 cuartillos), celemín (4 cuartillos), cuartilla (12 cuartillos), hemina (20 cuartillos), cuarto (24 cuartillos), fanega (48 cuartillos), saco (96 cuartillos), carga (192 cuartillos), cahíz (576 cuartillos)
- (unit of liquid volume): azumbre (4 cuartillos)
- (former coin): real (4 cuartillos), peso (32 cuartillos, in some contexts)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “cuartillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- en:Units of measure
- en:Spain
- en:Four
- en:Historical currencies
- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
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- gl:Units of measure
- gl:Four
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- es:Four
- es:Units of measure
- es:Currency