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cuartilla

The English word “cuartilla” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 13.9 L.
  2. A former Mexican coin, equal to a quarter-real.

Etymology

From Spanish cuartilla, from cuarto and cuarta (“fourth, quarter”) + -illa (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Latin quartus (“fourth”). Doublet of cuartillo and quartilho.

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