kuwarto

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cuarto (“room; quarter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈaɾto/, [ˈkwaɾ.to]
• Hyphenation: ku‧war‧to

Noun

kuwarto (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜇ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. room

   Synonym: (formal) silid

   Natulog siya sa kanyang kuwarto.

   He slept in his room.

2. (mathematics) quarter; fourth

   Synonyms: sangkapat, kuwarta, ikaapat

3. (by extension) quarter of a slaughtered animal (such as a leg of pork, mutton, etc.)
4. (commerce, by extension) twenty-five centavos

   Synonym: beynte singko

Derived terms

• kakuwarto
• kuwartong-paupahan
• kuwartong-tulugan
• kuwartuhin
• Sigwa ng Unang Kuwarto

 

Related terms

• kuwarta

 

Further reading

• “kuwarto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018