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See also: quadrò

Catalan

Etymology 1

Noun

quadro m (plural quadros)

  1. Alternative form of quadre
    • 1962, Mercè Rodoreda, chapter IV, in La plaça del Diamant, Barcelona: Club Editor Kapel, published 1984, →ISBN, page 25:
      Tenia un quadro penjat amb un cordill groc i vermell [...]
      There was a painting hanging by a yellow and red string

Etymology 2

Verb

quadro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of quadrar

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwa.dro/
  • Rhymes: -adro
  • Hyphenation: quà‧dro

Etymology 1

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From Latin quadrum. Compare Portuguese quadro.

Adjective

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

  1. square

Noun

quadro m (plural quadri, diminutive quadrétto or quadrùccio, augmentative quadróne, pejorative quadràccio)

  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
  • → Slavomolisano: kvadr

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

quadro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of quadrare

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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

Descendants

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • quadro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to march with closed ranks, in order of battle: agmine quadrato incedere, ire
  • Pede Certo - Digital Latin Metre‎, 2011

Portuguese

um quadro de Rubens

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -adɾu
  • Hyphenation: qua‧dro

Etymology 1

From Latin quadrum. Compare Galician cadro, Spanish cuadro, and Italian quadro.

Noun

quadro m (plural quadros)

  1. (art) painting; picture
    Synonym: pintura
  2. square
    Synonym: quadrado
  3. frame:
    1. rigid, generally rectangular mounting for a painting
      Synonym: moldura
    2. bicycle frame
    3. (electronics, film, animation, video games) division of time on a multimedia timeline
      Synonym: frame
  4. description; outline
    Synonym: representação
  5. board, e.g. blackboard, chalkboard, whiteboard
    Synonym: painel
  6. scene (part of an theather act)
    Synonym: cena
  7. (television) sketch (brief musical, dramatic or literary work)
    Synonym: esquete
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

quadro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of quadrar

Further reading

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