quartola

Portuguese

Etymology

From quarto +‎ -ola.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kwaʁˈtɔ.lɐ/ [kwahˈtɔ.lɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kwaʁˈtɔ.lɐ/ [kwahˈtɔ.lɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kwaɾˈtɔ.lɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kwaʁˈtɔ.lɐ/ [kwaχˈtɔ.lɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kwaɻˈtɔ.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kwɐɾˈtɔ.lɐ/

Noun

quartola m (plural quartolas)

1. (historical, measure) ¼ of a tonel

Derived terms

• cartola

Further reading

• “quartola”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “quartola”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025