cuartillo.
cuartillo, a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 0.5–0.75 L depending on the substance measured
Meaning & usage
cuartillo, a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 0.5–0.75 L depending on the substance measured
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
synonym of neto, a traditional unit of liquid measure
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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