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)

(historical) cuarteron, Spanish quarter-pound (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 115 g)
Synonym: panilla
(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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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