/ˈkaɾto/, [ˈkɑɾ.t̪ʊ]
OriginFrom Old Galician-Portuguese quarto (“quarter”). Doublet of cuarto.
- historical, masculinea quarter (coin)
“non pode querer ó noso Rey que lle paguemos un carto polo neto do viño, que non podemos vender á ochavo. Os probes non comemos mais ca un pouco de pan, ou bróa ruin, e unhas berzas sin adubo. Si nos q” — our King can't pretend that we pay a quarter by each pint of wine [we consume], when we can't even sell it for half a quarter. We the poor people eat but a little of bread, or bad black bread, and som
- broadly, colloquial, in-plural, masculinemoney
“Non teño cartos.” — I have no money.
Formscartos(plural)
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