quarter

el cuarto

quarter(

kor

duhr

)

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

1. (fourth part)

a. el cuarto

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

I have already eaten three quarters of the pizza.Ya me he comido tres cuartos de la pizza.

b. la cuarta parte

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

A quarter of the population lives in the capital.Una cuarte parte de la población vive en la capital.

2. (period of three months)

a. el trimestre

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

I have several final exams this quarter.Tengo varios exámenes finales este trimestre.

3. (expressing time)

a. menos cuarto

It is a quarter of eight.Son las ocho menos cuarto.

4. (part of a city)

a. el barrio

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

There are some good supermarkets in the Chinese quarter.Hay buenos supermercados en el barrio chino.

5. (place, direction)

a. la parte

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

The policy received criticism from all quarters.La política recibió críticas de todas partes.

6. (coin)

Regionalism used in the United States

(United States)

a. el cuarto de dólar

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

It only cost a quarter.Costó solo un cuarto de dólar.

b. la moneda de 25 centavos

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

Do you have a quarter?¿Tienes una moneda de 25 centavos?

7. (astronomy)

a. el cuarto

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

The moon was in its first quarter.La luna estaba en cuarto creciente.

8. (mercy)

a. la clemencia

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

He begged, but she gave him no quarter.Le suplicó, pero no tuvo clemencia con él.

9. (sports)

a. el cuarto

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Our team scored four baskets in the first quarter.Nuestro equipo metió cuatro canastas en el primer cuarto.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

10. (one fourth)

a. cuarto

Their relationship lasted a quarter century.Su relación duró un cuarto de siglo.

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

11. (to divide)

a. cortar en cuatro

Peel and quarter two potatoes.Pela dos patatas y córtalas en cuatro.

b. descuartizar

They quartered the animal with a knife.Descuartizaron al animal con un cuchillo.

12. (military)

a. alojar

The soldiers were quartered in a nearby town.Los soldados estaban alojados en un pueblo cercano.

b. acuartelar

Officers and men were quartered together.Los oficiales y las tropas estaban acuartelados juntos.

quarters

A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

plural noun

13. (lodgings)

a. las dependencias

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

(for staff)

The servants' quarters were right at the top of the house.Las dependencias del servicio estaban en el último piso de la casa.

b. el cuartel

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

(military)

He had been confined to quarters because of a misdemeanor.Estaba retenido en el cuartel por una falta que había cometido.

quarter

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (fraction, of orange, of moon)

a. el cuarto

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

he ate a quarter of the cakese comió una or la cuarta parte del pastel

a quarter of a centuryun cuarto de siglo

a quarter of an hourun cuarto de hora

a quarter (of a pound)un cuarto de libra

three quarterstres cuartos

three quarters of all womenlas tres cuartas partes de las mujeres

three and a quarter (liters)tres (litros) y cuarto

the bottle was still a quarter fullquedaba aún un cuarto de botella

2. (in telling time)

it's/at a quarter of sixson/a las seis menos cuarto

it's a quarter toson menos cuarto

it's/at (a) quarter after sixson/a las seis y cuarto

it's (a) quarter afterson y cuarto

3. (three-month period)

a. el trimestre

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

4. (area)

a. el barrio

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

5. (group)

in some quartersen algunos círculos

help came from an unexpected quarterla ayuda llegó por el lado que menos se esperaba

6. (military)

quartersalojamiento m

officer quartersresidencia de oficiales

7. (mercy)

to give no quarterno dar cuartel

8. (coin)

Regionalism used in the United States

(United States)

a. el cuarto de dólar

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

9. (music)

Regionalism used in the United States

(United States)

quarter notenegra f

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

10. (divide into four)

a. dividir en cuatro partes

11. (military)

a. acantonar, alojar (troops)

quarter [ˈkwɔːtəʳ]

noun

1 (fourth part) [of kilo, kilometre, second] cuarto (m); [of price, population] cuarta parte (f)

a quarter of a mile un cuarto de milla; a quarter (of a pound) of tea un cuarto de libra de té; for a quarter of the price por la cuarta parte del precio

a quarter of a kilo of tea China has placed up to one quarter of its nuclear arsenal in Tibet about one quarter of all deaths in this country are the result of heart disease a mile and a quarter

to divide sth into quarters dividir algo en cuartos or en cuatro

the tank was only a quarter full el depósito solo estaba a un cuarto de su capacidad

it's a quarter gone already ya se ha gastado la cuarta parte

I'm a quarter Spanish tengo una cuarta parte de sangre española

it's only a quarter as long

2 (in time) cuarto (m)

a quarter of an hour/century un cuarto de hora/siglo; an hour and a quarter una hora y cuarto; three quarters of an hour tres cuartos de hora

the clock strikes the quarters

it's a quarter past or after seven (US) son las siete y cuarto

it's a quarter to or of seven (US) son las siete menos cuarto; es un cuarto para las siete; (LAm)

3 (specific fourth parts) (US) (Canada) (25 cents) (moneda f de) cuarto (m) de dólar

she gave him a quarter he left two quarters on the table I dropped a quarter into the slot of the payphone

[of year] trimestre (m)

profits are up on the previous quarter Boeing reported third-quarter earnings of dollars 378m profitability had been hit in the second quarter by the downturn in Britain and Spain the service charge is paid every quarter

to pay by the quarter pagar trimestralmente or al trimestre or cada tres meses

[of moon] cuarto (m)

when the moon is in its first/last quarter cuando la luna está en cuarto creciente/menguante

4 (part of town) barrio (m)

the business quarter el barrio comercial

the old quarter el casco viejo or antiguo

5 (direction, area)

protest is growing in some quarters las protestas aumentan en algunos círculos

from all quarters de todas partes

there are fears in some quarters that the republic would have little chance of surviving on its own you won't get any help from that quarter if I mention it in the right quarters...

at close quarters de cerca

he fired two shots at close quarters disparó dos tiros a quemarropa

I've never seen a lion at close quarters you can watch aircraft take off and land at close quarters

they are spread over the four quarters of the globe se extienden por todos los rincones or por todas partes del mundo

help came from an unexpected quarter la ayuda nos llegó de un lugar inesperado

6 (Náut) (Geog) [of compass] cuarta (f)

the port/starboard quarter [of ship] la aleta de babor/estribor

the wind was from the port quarter el viento soplaba de babor; the wind is in the right quarter el viento sopla en dirección favorable

7 (Heraldry) cuartel (m)

8 (mercy) clemencia (f)

they knew they could expect no quarter sabían que no podían esperar clemencia

to give (sb) no quarter no dar cuartel (a algn)

he asked for no quarter and I gave him none they had orders to bayonet every man they could find, and to give no quarter Iraq showed no signs of giving any quarter

9 quarters (accommodation) (for staff) (building, section) dependencias (f); (rooms) cuartos (m); habitaciones (f)

the servants' quarters las dependencias del servicio

the staff quarters of the hotel the student nurses' quarters at the hospital his mother was to be confined to her quarters and no longer permitted to visit the king in prison the house has attic accommodations and basement quarters including a room for billiards our private quarters the women's quarters the Captain remained in his cabin while the passengers came aboard and went down to their quarters most families lived in cramped quarters

they're living in very cramped quarters viven hacinados; the cramped quarters of the space capsule el reducido espacio de la cápsula espacial

the cramped quarters of the old City Hall to take up (one's) quarters he took me to the house of one of Gholston's cavalrymen, where I took up my quarters my father was ordered to take up quarters in the "Orion" as a guest of Admiral Phillimore

living

(Mil) (barracks) cuartel (m);(also sleeping quarters) barracones (m)

the crew's/officers' quarters (on ship) las dependencias de la tripulación/de los oficiales

McKinnon went down from deck to the officers' quarters

married

adjective

cuarto

he has a quarter share tiene una cuarta parte; a quarter pound/century un cuarto de libra/siglo

transitive verb

1 (divide into four) [+apple, potato] cortar en cuatro (trozos); [+carcass, body] descuartizar

one medium onion, quartered the doses I suggested for adults could be halved or quartered chop the mushrooms and quarter the tomatoes

hang

2 (Mil) acuartelar; alojar

our soldiers are quartered in Ramsey nuestros soldados están acuartelados en Ramsey

the buildings were used as a grain store and to quarter PLA soldiers the crew were quartered on the lower deck I am wondering if Admiral Rodman couldn't arrange to quarter me and an aide on his flagship

3 (range over) [+person] recorrer

to quarter a town in search of sb he's only got to quarter the area long enough to find them

to quarter the ground [+dog] buscar olfateando; [+bird] escudriñar el terreno

the eagle quartered the ground below her, all reflexes ready to strike

modifier

quarter day (n) (gen) primer día del trimestre; (Economics) el día del vencimiento de un pago trimestral

go there at the quarter day, Lammas, the traditional start of harvest at the winter quarter day, at Martinmas

quarter light (n) (Britain) (Aut) ventanilla (f) direccional

quarter note (n) (US) (Mús) negra (f)

there's a quarter note rest in that bar there are four quarter notes in a semibreve

quarter tone (n) cuarto (m) de tono

quarter turn (n) cuarto (m) de vuelta

he executed a swift quarter turn she gave the screw a quarter turn turn slightly, like a quarter turn, toward the jury, and look at them give the screw a quarter turn

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quarter past	y cuarto
one quarter	cuarto moneda de 25 centavos
a quarter to	cuarto para
it's a quarter till seven	son un cuarto para las siete
quarter to eight	ocho menos cuarto
it's a quarter past four	son las cuatro y cuarto
quarter note	la negra
quarter to	menos cuarto
quarter of a million	el cuarto de millón
quarter past seven	las siete y cuarto
it's quarter past eleven	son las once y cuarto
it is a quarter to nine	son las nueve menos cuarto
fourth quarter	el cuarto trimestre
quarter to four	cuatro menos cuarto
third quarter	el tercer trimestre
it is a quarter to eight	son un cuarto para la ocho
it's a quarter past eight	son las ocho y cuarto
and a quarter	y cuarto
a quarter past	y cuarto
it's a quarter to two	son las dos menos cuarto

Present:	quartering
Past:	quartered

	Present	Past	Future
I	quarter	quartered	will quarter
you	quarter	quartered	will quarter
he/she	quarters	quartered	will quarter
we	quarter	quartered	will quarter
you	quarter	quartered	will quarter
they	quarter	quartered	will quarter