kuwarto

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cuarto (“room; quarter”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kuˈaɾto/ [ˈkwaɾ.to]
  • Rhymes: -aɾto
  • Syllabification: ku‧war‧to

Noun

kuwarto (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜇ᜔ᜆᜓ)

  1. room
    Synonym: (formal) silid
    Natulog siya sa kanyang kuwarto.
    He slept in his room.
  2. (mathematics) quarter; fourth
    Synonyms: sangkapat, kuwarta, ikaapat
  3. (by extension) quarter of a slaughtered animal (such as a leg of pork, mutton, etc.)
  4. (commerce, by extension) twenty-five centavos
    Synonym: beynte singko

Derived terms
  • kakuwarto
  • kuwartong-paupahan
  • kuwartong-tulugan
  • kuwartuhin
  • Sigwa ng Unang Kuwarto

Further reading
  • “kuwarto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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