cuartillo
A traditional Castilian unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 1.2 L.
Noun historical
- A traditional Castilian unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 1.2 L.
- A traditional Castilian unit of liquid measure, equivalent to about 0.5 L.
- A former coin in Spain and parts of Latin America equal to a quarter-real.
Origin
From Spanish cuartillo (“¹⁄₄₈ Castilian bushel, &c.”), from Old Spanish quartillo (“little fourth”) in reference to its forming a fourth celemin, from quarto + -illo (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Doublet of cuartilla and quartilho.
Forms
Noun historical
- A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 0.5–0.75 L depending on the substance measured.
- A traditional Galician unit of land area reckoned as the amount needed to sow a cuartillo of seed, varying from 2.5–30 m² in different parts of Galicia.
Origin
From Galician cuartillo (“¹⁄₁₂₀ Galician bushel”), from Old Galician-Portuguese quartillo, from Old Spanish quartillo (“little fourth”), &c.