cuarta

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cuarta
feminine noun
1span (palmo)
2fourth (gear) (automobiles)
  • meter (la) cuarta -> to go into fourth (gear)

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cuarta [coo-ar’-tah]
noun
1Fourth, fourth part; a quarter. (f)
2Quadrant, fourth part of a circle. (f)
3Quarter point of the compass. (Nautical) (f)
4Sequence of four cards in the game of piquet. (f)
5(Fen.) Quart, or carte. (n)
6Palm, a handbreadth. (n)
7Quart, a liquid measure. (n)
8Quarter of a company of soldiers. (Military) (n)
9A fourth. (Music) (n)
10A piece of timber square in section. (n)
11A guide mule. (Province; Provinicial) (n)
12(Hex.) A sort of whip. (n)
13(Cono Sur) Extra pair of oxen. (n)
14Andar de la cuarta al pértigo, (Conso Sur), vivir a la cuarta, (Conso Sur. Mex.) to be on the bread line. (n)
adjective
1Fourth, the ordinal of four.

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cuarta
sustantivo:femenino
1 (Matemáticas) quarter
2 (palmo) span
3 (Automóviles) fourth gear; fourth
meter la cuarta to go into fourth (gear); put it the car into fourth (gear);o
4 (Náutica) point of the compass; (of the compass)
5 (México) (látigo) a short whip used for horse-riding
6 (S. Cone) (Agr) extra pair of oxen
7
a la cuarta short of money
la situación económica nos trae a todos a la cuarta the economic situation has left us all broke short of money;o a fin de mes siempre andamos a la cuarta at the end of the month we're always short of money; es muy tacaño, nos tiene a todos a la cuarta he's very mean, we're crying out for money
andar de la cuarta al pértigo (S. Cone)
vivir a la cuarta (S. Cone) (México)
to be on the bread line

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