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quarter
A. -noun
1. (=fourth part)
a. [of kilo, kilometre, second] cuarto (m)
b. [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
·to [divide] something into quarters
·dividir algo en cuartos or en cuatro
c. the tank was only a quarter [full] = el depósito nounólo estaba a un cuarto de su capacidad
d. it'noun a quarter [gone] already = ya se ha gastado la cuarta parte
e. I'masculine a quarter [Spanish] = tengo una cuarta parte de sangre española
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
a. it'noun a quarter [past] or > [after] seven
(United States) son las siete y cuarto
b. it'noun a quarter [to] or > [of] seven
(United States) son las siete menos cuarto, es un cuarto para las siete Latin America
3. (specific fourth parts)
3.1. (United States, Canada)
(=25 cents) (moneda feminine de) cuarto (m) de dólar
3.2. [of year] trimestre (m)
b. to pay [by] the quarter = pagar trimestralmente or al trimestre or cada tres meses
3.3. [of moon] cuarto (m)
b. when the moon is in its [first]/[last] quarter = cuando la luna está en cuarto creciente/menguante
4. (=part of town) barrio (m)
a. the [business] quarter = el barrio comercial
b. the [old] quarter = el casco viejo or antiguo
5. (=direction, area)
·protest is growing in some quarters
·las protestas aumentan en algunos círculos
a. from [all] quarters = de todas partes
b. at [close] quarters = de cerca
·he fired two shots at close quarters
·disparó dos tiros a quemarropa
c. they are spread over the four quarters of the [globe] = se extienden por todos los rincones or por todas partes del mundo
d. help came from an [unexpected] quarter = la ayuda nos llegó de un lugar inesperado
6. (nautical, geography)
a. [of compass] cuarta (f)
b. the [port]/[starboard] quarter
c. [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 direcciónoun favorable
7. (Heraldry) cuartel (m)
8. formal usage
(=mercy) clemencia (f)
a. they knew they could expect [no] quarter = sabían que no podían esperar clemencia
·to give (somebody) no quarter
·no dar cuartel (a somebody, someone)
9. quarters
(=accommodation)
9.1. (for staff)
(=building, section) dependencias feminine plural
(=rooms) cuartos masculine plural, habitaciones feminine plural
·the [servants'] quarters
·las dependencias del servicio
·they're living in very cramped quarters
·viven hacinados
·the cramped quarters of the space capsule
·el reducido espacio de la cápsula espacial
9.2. (military)
(=barracks) cuartel masculine singular also sleeping quarters barracones masculine plural
·the [crew'noun]/[officers'] quarters
(on ship) las dependencias de la tripulaciónoun/de los oficiales
B. -adjective cuarto
·he has a quarter share
·tiene una cuarta parte
·a quarter pound/century
·un cuarto de libra/siglo
C. -transitive verb
1. (=divide into four)
[+apple, potato] cortar en cuatro (trozos)
[+carcass, body] descuartizar
2. (military) acuartelar, alojar
·our soldiers are quartered in Ramsey
·nuestros soldados estánoun acuartelados en Ramsey
3. (=range over)
[person] recorrer
a. to quarter the [ground]
[dog] buscar olfateando
[bird] escudriñar el terreno
D. -compound
·quarter day -noun (generally) primer día del trimestre (finance) el día del vencimiento de un pago trimestral
·quarter light -noun
(British, Great Britain) (automobiles) ventanilla (f) direccional
·quarter note -noun
(United States) (music) negra (f)
·quarter tone -noun cuarto (m) de tono
·quarter turn -noun cuarto (m) de vuelta
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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