quadro

See also: quadrò

Catalan

Noun

quadro m (plural quadros)

1. Alternative form of quadre

Further reading

• “quadro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin quādrum. Compare Portuguese quadro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.dro/
• Rhymes: -adro

Adjective

quadro (feminine singular quadra, masculine plural quadri, feminine plural quadre)

1. square

Noun

quadro m (plural quadri)

1. painting or picture

   Synonym: dipinto

2. square

   Synonym: riquadro

3. description or outline or sketch

   fare il quadro della situazione ― to join the dots of the situation (literally, “to make a picture of the situation”)

4. (in the plural, card games) diamonds (suit of playing cards)
5. cadre
6. board (A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.)

Descendants

• → French: cadre

Verb

quadro

1. first-person singular present indicative of quadrare

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Latin

Etymology

From quadrus (“square”), from quattuor (“four”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷa.droː/, [ˈkʷa.d̪roː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.dro/, [ˈkwaː.d̪rɔ]

Verb

quadrō (present infinitive quadrāre, perfect active quadrāvī, supine quadrātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) I make four-cornered, square, make square.
2. (transitive) I put in order, join properly, complete, perfect.
3. (intransitive) I agree with, fit with, square with.
4. (intransitive, of accounts) I accord, agree.
5. (intransitive, of words) I am fitting, appropriate.

Conjugation

Conjugation of quadrō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	quadrō	quadrās	quadrat	quadrāmus	quadrātis	quadrant
	imperfect	quadrābam	quadrābās	quadrābat	quadrābāmus	quadrābātis	quadrābant
	future	quadrābō	quadrābis	quadrābit	quadrābimus	quadrābitis	quadrābunt
	perfect	quadrāvī	quadrāvistī	quadrāvit	quadrāvimus	quadrāvistis	quadrāvērunt, quadrāvēre
	pluperfect	quadrāveram	quadrāverās	quadrāverat	quadrāverāmus	quadrāverātis	quadrāverant
	future perfect	quadrāverō	quadrāveris	quadrāverit	quadrāverimus	quadrāveritis	quadrāverint
passive	present	quadror	quadrāris, quadrāre	quadrātur	quadrāmur	quadrāminī	quadrantur
	imperfect	quadrābar	quadrābāris, quadrābāre	quadrābātur	quadrābāmur	quadrābāminī	quadrābantur
	future	quadrābor	quadrāberis, quadrābere	quadrābitur	quadrābimur	quadrābiminī	quadrābuntur
	perfect	quadrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	quadrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	quadrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	quadrem	quadrēs	quadret	quadrēmus	quadrētis	quadrent
	imperfect	quadrārem	quadrārēs	quadrāret	quadrārēmus	quadrārētis	quadrārent
	perfect	quadrāverim	quadrāverīs	quadrāverit	quadrāverīmus	quadrāverītis	quadrāverint
	pluperfect	quadrāvissem	quadrāvissēs	quadrāvisset	quadrāvissēmus	quadrāvissētis	quadrāvissent
passive	present	quadrer	quadrēris, quadrēre	quadrētur	quadrēmur	quadrēminī	quadrentur
	imperfect	quadrārer	quadrārēris, quadrārēre	quadrārētur	quadrārēmur	quadrārēminī	quadrārentur
	perfect	quadrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	quadrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	quadrā	—	—	quadrāte	—
	future	—	quadrātō	quadrātō	—	quadrātōte	quadrantō
passive	present	—	quadrāre	—	—	quadrāminī	—
	future	—	quadrātor	quadrātor	—	—	quadrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		quadrāre	quadrāvisse	quadrātūrum esse	quadrārī	quadrātum esse	quadrātum īrī
participles		quadrāns	—	quadrātūrus	—	quadrātus	quadrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		quadrandī	quadrandō	quadrandum	quadrandō	quadrātum	quadrātū

Derived terms

• quadrātārius
• quadrātē
• quadrātiō
• quadrātor
• quadrātum
• quadrātūra
• quadrātus

 

Descendants

• Catalan: quadrar
• → English: quadrate
• French: carrer
• Galician: cadrar
• Italian: quadrare
• Occitan: cairar
• Portuguese: quadrar
• Spanish: cuadrar

References

• quadro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quadro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quadro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• quadro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to march with closed ranks, in order of battle: agmine quadrato incedere, ire
    
• Pede Certo - Digital Latin Metre‎^[2], 2011

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Portuguese

um quadro de Rubens

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Latin quādrum. Compare Italian quadro, Spanish cuadro.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.ðɾu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.dɾu/
• Hyphenation: qua‧dro

Noun

quadro m (plural quadros)

1. (art) painting; picture

   Synonym: pintura

2. square

   Synonym: quadrado

3. frame

   Synonym: moldura

4. description; outline

   Synonym: representação

5. board, e.g. blackboard, chalkboard, whiteboard

   Synonym: painel

Further reading

• quadro on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt