cuartilla
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cuartilla
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From Spanish cuartilla, from cuarto and cuarta (“fourth, quarter”) + -illa (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Latin quartus (“fourth”). Doublet of cuartillo and quartilho.
noun cuartillas
- A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 13.9 L.
- A former Mexican coin, equal to a quarter-real.
Similar: half-cuarto, quarter-fanega, quarter-bushel
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noun
Similar: half-cuarto, quarter-fanega, quarter-bushel
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title = {cuartilla},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}