cuarterón

See also: cuarteron

Spanish

Etymology

From cuarto (“one-fourth”) +‎ -ón (-oon: forming related nouns), from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Cognate with Portuguese quarta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwaɾteˈɾon/ [kwaɾ.t̪eˈɾõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: cuar‧te‧rón

Noun

cuarterón m (plural cuarterones, feminine cuarterona, feminine plural cuarteronas)

1. (historical) cuarteron, Spanish quarter-pound (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 115 g)

   Synonym: panilla

2. (chiefly historical) quadroon (a person who is three-quarters white, having one Native American or black grandparent)

   Synonym: castizo

Coordinate terms

• (unit of mass): onza (¹⁄₄ cuarterón), marco (2 cuarteróns), libra (4 cuarteróns)

Derived terms

• cuarterón de mestizo
• cuarterón de mulato

 

Descendants

• → English: quadroon

Further reading

• “cuarterón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10