Etymology 1

From SpanishCategory:English terms borrowed from Spanish#CUARTILLOCategory:English terms derived from Spanish#CUARTILLO cuartillo (“¹⁄₄₈ Castilian bushel, &c.”), from Old SpanishCategory:English terms derived from Old Spanish#CUARTILLO quartillo (“little fourth”) in reference to its forming a fourth celemin, from quarto + -illo (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#CUARTILLO quartus (“one-fourth”). Doublet of cuartilla and quartilhoCategory:English doublets#CUARTILLO.

Etymology 2

From GalicianCategory:English terms borrowed from Galician#CUARTILLOCategory:English terms derived from Galician#CUARTILLO cuartillo (“¹⁄₁₂₀ Galician bushel”), from Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:English terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#CUARTILLO quartillo, from Old SpanishCategory:English terms derived from Old Spanish#CUARTILLO quartillo (“little fourth”), &c.

Anagrams

• cuatrillo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwaɾˈtiʎo̝/Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#CUARTILLO

Noun

cuartillo m (plural cuartillos)Category:Galician lemmas#CUARTILLOCategory:Galician nouns#CUARTILLOCategory:Galician countable nouns#CUARTILLOCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#CUARTILLOCategory:Galician masculine nouns#CUARTILLOCategory:Pages with entries#CUARTILLOCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CUARTILLO

1. (historicalCategory:Galician terms with historical senses#CUARTILLO) cuartillo, a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 0.5–0.75 L depending on the substance measured
2. (historicalCategory:Galician terms with historical senses#CUARTILLO) 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. (historicalCategory:Galician terms with historical senses#CUARTILLO) synonym of neto, a traditional unit of liquid measure

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cuartillo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cuartillo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cuartillo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cuartillo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology

Inherited from Old SpanishCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish#CUARTILLOCategory:Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish#CUARTILLO quartillo (“little fourth”), from quarto + -illo (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#CUARTILLO quartus (“one-fourth”). Equivalent to cuarto (“fourth”) +‎ -illo (“-elle: forming diminutives”)Category:Spanish terms suffixed with -illo#CUARTILLO. Doublet of cuartillaCategory:Spanish doublets#CUARTILLO. Cognate with Galician cuartillo and Portuguese quartilho.

Pronunciation

• Syllabification: cuar‧ti‧llo

Noun

cuartillo m (plural cuartillos)Category:Spanish lemmas#CUARTILLOCategory:Spanish nouns#CUARTILLOCategory:Spanish countable nouns#CUARTILLOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CUARTILLOCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#CUARTILLOCategory:Pages with entries#CUARTILLOCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CUARTILLO

1. (historicalCategory:Spanish terms with historical senses#CUARTILLO) cuartillo, quarter-celemin (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 1.2 L)
2. (historicalCategory:Spanish terms with historical senses#CUARTILLO) cuartillo, quarter-azumbre (a traditional unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 0.5 L)
3. (historicalCategory:Spanish terms with historical senses#CUARTILLO) cuartillo, quarter-real (a former coin or unit of account in Spain and parts of Latin America)

Further reading

• “cuartillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025