cuartear

[kwaɾt̪eˈaɾ]

/[kwaɾt̪eˈaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partir o dividir una cosa en cuartas partes.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cuartear · cuartear · Spanish

cuartear · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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 cuartear
PropertyValue
Headwordcuartear
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kwaɾt̪eˈaɾ]
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “cuartear” en español

cuartearno entra en el top 100.000 del español: zona de términos técnicos, arcaicos o escasos, el terreno típico de la doble comprobación.

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

Rare enough to double-check

cuartear is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [kwaɾt̪eˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cuartear, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is cuartear, spelled C-U-A-R-T-E-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partir o dividir una cosa en cuartas partes.
  2. 2
    Por extensión: dividir en más o menos partes.
  3. 3
    Descuartizar
  4. 4
    Echar la puja del cuarto en las rentas ya rematadas; lo cual se podía hacer dentro de los noventa días primeros de cada año de los del arrendamiento, y no después.
  5. 5
    Entrar a cumplir el número de cuatro para jugar algún juego.
  6. 6
    En las cuestas y malos pasos de los caminos, dirigir los carruajes de derecha a izquierda, y viceversa, en vez de seguir la linea recta.
  7. 7
    Encuartar, enganchar.
  8. 8
    Azotar repetidas veces con la cuarta.
  9. 9
    Ayudar a alguien a salir de un aprieto.

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 "cuartear"?
"cuartear" is spelled C-U-A-R-T-E-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kwaɾt̪eˈaɾ].
What does "cuartear" mean?
As a verb, "cuartear" means: Partir o dividir una cosa en cuartas partes.
How do you pronounce "cuartear"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuartear" is [kwaɾt̪eˈaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuartear" come from?
"cuartear" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list