cuarto y mitad
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, "[a] quarter and a half" i.e. a quarter of a kilogram and half [of a quarter]
Noun
[edit]cuarto y mitad m (uncountable)
- 375 grams (especially of meat)
- cuarto y mitad de costillas
- 375 g of ribs, a half rack of ribs
- (idiomatic) a generous helping
- 2019, Martino, El ataque de los botes de sopa:
- En realidad sentía cuarto y mitad de aflicción
- In reality I felt a great deal of grief
Further reading
[edit]- “cuarto y mitad”, 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