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

  1. historical A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 13.9 L.
  2. historical A former Mexican coin, equal to a quarter-real.

Similar: half-cuarto, quarter-fanega, quarter-bushel

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"cuartilla." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cuartilla. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cuartilla. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cuartilla

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"cuartilla." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cuartilla.

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@misc{cuartilla_2026,
  title = {cuartilla},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cuartilla},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}