quadro

See also: quadrò

Contents

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 (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 quādrus (“square”), from quattuor (“four”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷaː.droː/

Verb

quādrō (present infinitive quādrāre, perfect active quādrāvī, supine quādrātum); 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.

Inflection

Conjugation of quadro (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	quādrō	quādrās	quādrat	quādrāmus	quādrātis	quādrant
	imperfect	quādrābam	quādrābās	quādrābat	quādrābāmus	quādrābātis	quādrābant
	future	quādrābō	quādrābis	quādrābit	quādrābimus	quādrābitis	quādrābunt
	perfect	quādrāvī	quādrāvistī	quādrāvit	quādrāvimus	quādrāvistis	quādrāvērunt, quādrāvēre
	pluperfect	quādrāveram	quādrāverās	quādrāverat	quādrāverāmus	quādrāverātis	quādrāverant
	future perfect	quādrāverō	quādrāveris	quādrāverit	quādrāverimus	quādrāveritis	quādrāverint
passive	present	quādror	quādrāris, quādrāre	quādrātur	quādrāmur	quādrāminī	quādrantur
	imperfect	quādrābar	quādrābāris, quādrābāre	quādrābātur	quādrābāmur	quādrābāminī	quādrābantur
	future	quādrābor	quādrāberis, quādrābere	quādrābitur	quādrābimur	quādrābiminī	quādrābuntur
	perfect	quādrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	quādrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	quādrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	quādrem	quādrēs	quādret	quādrēmus	quādrētis	quādrent
	imperfect	quādrārem	quādrārēs	quādrāret	quādrārēmus	quādrārētis	quādrārent
	perfect	quādrāverim	quādrāverīs	quādrāverit	quādrāverīmus	quādrāverītis	quādrāverint
	pluperfect	quādrāvissem	quādrāvissēs	quādrāvisset	quādrāvissēmus	quādrāvissētis	quādrāvissent
passive	present	quādrer	quādrēris, quādrēre	quādrētur	quādrēmur	quādrēminī	quādrentur
	imperfect	quādrārer	quādrārēris, quādrārēre	quādrārētur	quādrārēmur	quādrārēminī	quādrārentur
	perfect	quādrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	quādrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	quādrā	—	—	quādrāte	—
	future	—	quādrātō	quādrātō	—	quādrātōte	quādrantō
passive	present	—	quādrāre	—	—	quādrāminī	—
	future	—	quādrātor	quādrātor	—	—	quādrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		quādrāre	quādrāvisse	quādrātūrus esse	quādrārī	quādrātus esse	quādrātum īrī
participles		quādrāns	—	quādrātūrus	—	quādrātus	quādrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		quādrāre	quādrandī	quādrandō	quādrandum	quādrātum	quādrātū

Derived terms

• quādrātārius
• quādrātē
• quādrātiō
• quādrātor

• quādrātum
• quādrātūra
• quādrātus

Descendants

• Catalan: quadrar
• English: quadrate (borrowed)
• 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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.dɾu/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.ðɾu/
• 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