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cuartillo.

cuartillo, a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 0.5–0.75 L depending on the substance measured

9 characters3 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun/kwaɾˈtiʎo̝/
  1. cuartillo, a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 0.5–0.75 L depending on the substance measured

    historical · masculine
  2. 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 · masculine
  3. synonym of neto, a traditional unit of liquid measure

    historical · masculine
Where this word comes from

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.

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