quartilho

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noun

A traditional Portuguese unit of liquid volume, varying in size between 350 and 530 mL.

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Portuguese pintPortuguese quartpint
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Meanings

nounquartilho (plural quartilhos)

plural quartilhos

  1. historicalmeasureA traditional Portuguese unit of liquid volume, varying in size between 350 and 530 mL.

    Synonyms: Portuguese pint, Portuguese quart, pint

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA traditional Portuguese unit of liquid volume, varying in size between 350 and 530 mL.

Similar
Portuguese pintPortuguese quartpint

Origin

  1. Portuguesequartilho
  2. Englishquartilho

From Portuguese quartilho, from quarto (“fourth”) + -ilho (“-elle: forming diminutives”), in reference to its size being one-fourth the canada. Doublet of cuartillo and cuartilla.

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APA

quartilho. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quartilho

MLA

“quartilho.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quartilho. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quartilho,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quartilho.

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