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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese quarto (“quarter”). Doublet of cuarto.
Pronunciation
Noun
carto m (plural cartos)
- (historical) a quarter (coin)
- 1805, anonymous, Representación dos veciños da Pontedeva (in Ramón Mariño Paz, 2008, Papés d'emprenta condenada. A escrita galega entre 1797 e 1846, page 21-23):
non pode querer ó noso Rey que lle paguemos un carto polo neto do viño, que non podemos vender á ochavo. Os probes non comemos mais ca un pouco de pan, ou bróa ruin, e unhas berzas sin adubo. Si nos quita a pinga do viño, ¿que forza emos ter para traballar as terras?- our King can't pretend that we pay a quarter by each pint of wine , when we can't even sell it for half a quarter. We the poor people eat but a little of bread, or bad black bread, and some greens without seasoning. If He takes this little wine, what strength we'll have left for working the lands?
- (colloquial, by extension, in the plural) money
Non teño cartos.- I have no money.
- Synonym: diñeiro
References
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾtu, (Brazil) -aʁtu
- Hyphenation: car‧to
Verb
carto
- first-person singular present indicative of cartar
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
carto f
- vocative singular of cartă