quarter

Pronúncia: ˈkwɔːtəʳ
    noun
  1. [fourth part] quart, quarta part.
  2. Finance United States moneda de 25 centaus.
  3. Heraldry quarter.
  4. [of horse] anca.
  5. humorous [of person] cul.
  6. a quarter mile un quart de milla.
  7. a quarter of a century un quart de segle.
  8. it’s only a quarter as long només té una quarta part de llargada.
  9. it’s a quarter gone already ja ha desaparegut la quarta part.

  10. [of moon] quart.
  11. [three months] trimestre.
  12. to pay by the quarter pagar cada tres mesos, pagar trimestralment.

  13. [time] quart.
  14. a quarter of an hour un quart d’hora.
  15. it’s a quarter to three són tres quarts de tres.
  16. it’s a quarter past three és un quart de quatre.

  17. [of compass] quarta.
  18. what quarter is the wind in? d’on bufa el vent?
  19. they arrived from all quarters venien de tot arreu.
  20. figurative font, origen, procedència.
  21. at close quarters de prop.
  22. (idem) [fight] cos a cos.
  23. the wind is in the right quarter el vent és favorable.

  24. [of town] barri.
  25. the business quarter el barri comercial.

  26. quarters habitatges, allotjament sing.
  27. (idem) Military quarter sing.
  28. to have free quarters tenir allotjament gratis.
  29. to live in cramped quarters tenir un lloc molt petit per a viure.
  30. to take up one’s quarters allotjar-se.

  31. to give no quarter no donar quarter.
    32. transitive verb
  32. [divide into 4] esquarterar, dividir en quarters.
  33. [meat] esquarterar, escorxar.
  34. Heraldry quarterejar.

  35. Military aquarterar.
  36. you would have had her quartered on you forever així se't ficaria a casa per sempre més.