el
masculine
/ˈkwaɾto/
#486 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
room; quarter, fourth
Word origin
From Latin quartus ('fourth'), from quattuor ('four'). The 'room' sense comes from a quarter of a house. The same root gives English 'quarter' and 'quart'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- quartus
- English cognates
- quarter, quart, quartet
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralcuartos
Examples
.
My room is the smallest in the house.
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See you in a quarter of an hour.
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She lives on the fourth floor.
encerró .
She locked herself in her room and did not come out all afternoon.
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He came fourth in the race on Sunday.
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