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cuarta

Pronunciation: /ˈkwaɾta/

“cuarta” is a Spanish word. Its 17 meanings in English:

noun

  1. synonym of disciplina (a hemp whip resembling a cat-o'-nine-tails)
  2. synonym of látigo (a short horse whip)
  3. quatorze (set of four similar cards in piquet)
  4. synonym of cuarta funeral (the right of a church to part of the payment for its parishioners' funeral and mass services when held elsewhere)
  5. battalion (particularly a battalion forming exactly one-fourth of a company)
  6. quadrant (an astronomical tool)
  7. cuarta, quarter-ferrado (a Galician unit of dry measure equivalent to about 3–4.5 L depending on the substance measured)
  8. synonym of palmo, quarter-vara (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 20.8 cm)
  9. cuarta (a former measure of lumber, indicating a 9×9 inch beam varying in length from 11–25 pies (“feet”) at different places and times)
  10. synonym of cuartera (a former measure of lumber, indicating an 8×8 inch beam 15 feet long)
  11. synonym of encuarte (a former form of emergency assistance, the additional fee for irregularly shaped stone or wood)
  12. fourth (a musical interval of five semitones or four degrees of the diatonic scale)
  13. fourth (the string fourth across from another)
  14. fourth (the fourth gear of a transmission)
  15. compass point (particularly in a 32-part division)
  16. money
  17. guide mule (for horsedrawn vehicles)

In Spanish

  1. Cada una de las cuatro partes iguales de un todo.
  2. Medida de longitud, equivalente a la distancia que hay entre el dedo pulgar y el meñique de una mano extendida o entre el pulgar y el dedo corazón.
  3. En algunos instrumentos de cuerda, la que está en cuarto lugar.
  4. Intervalo de cuatro grados en dos notas de la escala musical.
  5. Cuarta funeral.
  6. En el juego de los cientos, grupo de cuatro cartas consecutivas y de un mismo palo.
  7. Encuarte.
  8. Cuadrante (transportador de un cuarto de círculo usado para medir ángulos).
  9. Cada una de las 32 partes en las que se divide la rosa náutica.
  10. Sección formada por la cuarta parte de un batallón de infantería.
  11. Intervalo entre una nota y su cuarta anterior, compuesto por dos tonos y un semitono.
  12. Mula que guía los coches de caballos.

Etymology

From cuerda (“cord”).

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