la cuarta
/ˈkwaɾta/ noun · feminine C2- quatorze (set of four similar cards in piquet)
- synonym of cuarta funeral (the right of a church to part of the payment for its parishioners' funeral and mass services when held elsewhere)
- battalion (particularly a battalion forming exactly one-fourth of a company)
- quadrant (an astronomical tool)
- cuarta, quarter-ferrado (a Galician unit of dry measure equivalent to about 3–4.5 L depending on the substance measured)
- synonym of palmo, quarter-vara (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 20.8 cm)
- cuarta (a former measure of lumber, indicating a 9×9 inch beam varying in length from 11–25 pies (“feet”) at different places and times)
- synonym of cuartera (a former measure of lumber, indicating an 8×8 inch beam 15 feet long)
Plural cuartas
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Pedro, como mayor, se acercó el primero y entregó un valioso cofre de cedro como de media vara, y abierto, sacaron una pieza de tela de seda que mediría unas veinte varas, muy hermosa, muy fina, con bordados preciosísimos; de otra caja sacaron un lindo perrito, de una cuarta de alto, más o menos.
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