quarta
Portuguese, noun/ˈkwaʁ.tɐ/
quarta is spelled Q-U-A-R-T-A (6 letters) and appears 102 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 957th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quarta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “quarter, fourth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of quarto. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contração de quarta-feira”.
What does quarta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininequarter, fourth
- 2
femininefourth gear
- 3
femininequarte
- 4
feminineellipsis of quarta-feira (“Wednesday”)
- 5
femininequarta, Portuguese quart, a traditional unit of dry volume equal to 3.2–4.8 L in different 19th-century contexts
- 6
femininequarta, Portuguese quarter-pound, a traditional unit of mass, usually equivalent to 115 g
adverb
- 1
ellipsis of quarta-feira (“on Wednesday”)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of quarto
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
number: 1. numeral ordinal feminino relativo ao número quatro
noun: 1. contração de quarta-feira 2. uma das partes de uma divisão por quatro 3. medida de 0,25 litros; o mesmo que quartilho 4. intervalo que separa uma nota musical de outra com quatro semitons ou quatro tons e vice-versa
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of quarta
- quartas plural
- 4.ª alternative abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quarta?
- Brazil /ˈkwaʁ.tɐ/
- Brazil [ˈkwah.tɐ]
- /ˈkwaɾ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quarta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quarta in Portuguese?
quarta appears 102 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).