cuartillo

(Английский)

1. (historical, masculine) cuartillo, a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 0.5–0.75 L depending on the substance measured
2. (historical, masculine) cuartillo, a traditional unit of land area reckoned as the amount of land that can be sown with a cuartillo of seed, varying from 2.5–30 m² in different parts of Galicia
3. (historical, masculine) synonym of neto, a traditional unit of liquid measure

Произносится как (IPA)

/kwaɾˈtiʎo̝/

Этимология (Английский)

Родственно испанский: cuartillo

Родственно португальский: quartilho

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese quartillo, from Old Spanish quartillo (“little fourth”), from quarto + -illo (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Named for its relation to the celamín of grain. Cognate with Spanish cuartillo and Portuguese quartilho.