cuarteadura

[kwaɾt̪eaˈð̞uɾa]

/[kwaɾt̪eaˈð̞uɾa]/ noun

The verdict

“cuarteadura” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción y efecto de cuartear.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cuarteadura · cuarteadura · Spanish

cuarteadura · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for cuarteadura
PropertyValue
Headwordcuarteadura
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kwaɾt̪eaˈð̞uɾa]
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “cuarteadura” en español

cuarteaduraqueda fuera de las 100.000 palabras españolas más frecuentes, en la cola larga de vocabulario técnico, arcaico o raro, justo donde más se duda de la ortografía.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cuarteadura is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kwaɾt̪eaˈð̞uɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cuarteadura, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is cuarteadura, spelled C-U-A-R-T-E-A-D-U-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción y efecto de cuartear.
  2. 2
    Rotura larga y estrecha que se produce en una superficie o estructura.
  3. 3
    En especial, retícula de grietas superficiales que se producen en un material flexible, como los labios, al perder la elasticidad o la humedad.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cuarteadura appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Entre los daños se cuentan la ruptura de cuatro cristales de las ventanas del tercer piso del hospital de IMSS en La Margarita, así como la cuarteadura de la puerta de cristal del área de Urgencias de dicho nosocomio.

Synonyms

grietahendidurarajaduraresquebrajamiento

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cuarteadura"?
"cuarteadura" is spelled C-U-A-R-T-E-A-D-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kwaɾt̪eaˈð̞uɾa].
What does "cuarteadura" mean?
As a noun, "cuarteadura" means: Acción y efecto de cuartear.
How do you pronounce "cuarteadura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuarteadura" is [kwaɾt̪eaˈð̞uɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuarteadura" come from?
"cuarteadura" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list