cuarta

/ˈkwaɾta/ · B1 · noun · f

one-fourth

🍰 cuarta sounds like quarter: both come from Latin quartus, fourth

Spanish cuarta and English quarter share the Latin root quartus (fourth). Spanish turns qua- into cua-, the same shift as cuatro (four). Cuarta is the feminine form: la cuarta parte, one fourth of a whole.

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