cuartillo

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English

Etymology 1

From 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

cuartillo (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

(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

From Galician cuartillo (“¹⁄₁₂₀ Galician bushel”), from Old Galician-Portuguese quartillo, from Old Spanish quartillo (“little fourth”), &c.

Noun

cuartillo (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

(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

cuatrillo

Galician

Etymology

From 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

IPA^(key): /kwaɾˈtiʎo̝/

Noun

cuartillo 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

(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

Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “quartill”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cuartillo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

cuartillo

Etymology

Inherited 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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kwaɾˈtiʝo/
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kwaɾˈtiʎo/
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kwaɾˈtiʃo/
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kwaɾˈtiʒo/

Rhymes: -iʝo
Rhymes: -iʎo
Rhymes: -iʃo
Rhymes: -iʒo

Syllabification: cuar‧ti‧llo

Noun

cuartillo 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

(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

Further reading

“cuartillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10

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