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1 quarto
1. adj fourth2. m fourth( quarta parte) quarterquarto d'ora quarter of an hoursono le due e un quarto it's (a) quarter past twoun quarto di rosso a quarter-litre (AE liter) of redquarti di finale quarter-finals* * *quarto agg.num.ord. fourth: il quarto giorno del mese, the fourth day of the month; la quarta parte, the fourth part; arrivò quarto, he arrived fourth; abitare al quarto piano, to live on the fourth floor; (mat.) elevare alla quarta potenza, to raise to the power of four // Pio Quarto, Pius the Fourth // il quarto stato, ( proletariato) the fourth estate // (fis.) quarta dimensione, fourth dimension // (Borsa) quarto mercato, fourth market // ( calcio) quarto uomo, fourth official◆ s.m.1 quarter, fourth: un quarto di pollo, a quarter of a chicken; un quarto della popolazione, a fourth (o a quarter) of the population; un quarto di secolo, a quarter of a century; il primo quarto di luna, the first quarter of the moon; ho letto un quarto di questo libro, I have read a quarter of this book; lo posso avere per un quarto del suo prezzo, I can buy it for a quarter of its price; ne voglio solo un quarto, I only want a quarter (o a fourth) of it; dividere qlco. in quarti, to divide sthg. into quarters (o to quarter sthg.) // (sport) quarti di finale, quarter finals // fare il quarto, ( a carte, a tennis) to make a fourth // tre quarti, three-quarters, three-fourths: i tre quarti del globo, three-quarters of the globe; a tre quarti, three-quarters (o three-fourths): bottiglia a tre quarti vuota, piena, bottle three-quarters empty, full; ( giacca) tre quarti, three-quarter coat // (mat.) quarto proporzionale (dopo a, b e c), fourth proportional (with respect to a, b and c)2 ( nelle determinazioni di tempo) quarter: un quarto d'ora, a quarter of an hour: ho passato un brutto quarto d'ora, (fig.) I went through a bad quarter of an hour; tre quarti d'ora, three quarters of an hour: lo aspetto da tre quarti d'ora, I have been waiting for him for three quarters of an hour; questo orologio batte le mezze ore ma non i quarti, this clock strikes the half-hours but not the quarters; ( sono) le due e un quarto, (it is) a quarter past two; ( sono) le cinque e tre quarti, (it is) a quarter to six; ( sono) le nove meno un quarto, (it is) a quarter to nine4 (arald.) quarter* * *['kwarto] quarto (-a)1. agg sm/f2. sm1) (frazione) quarterun quarto di vino — a quarter-litre Brit o quarter-liter Am bottle of wine
primo/ultimo quarto — (della luna) first/last quarter
2)un quarto d'ora — a quarter of an hourle otto e tre quarti; le nove meno un quarto — (a) quarter to Brit o of Am nine
passare un brutto quarto d'ora fig — to have a bad o nasty time of it
3)quarti di finale Sport — quarterfinals
4) Naut watch5) Tip quarto* * *['kwarto] 1.aggettivo fourth2.sostantivo maschile (f. -a)1) fourth2) (quarta parte) quarter (anche astr.)di tre -i — [foto, ritratto] in three-quarter profile
sono le sei e un quarto, le sei meno un quarto — it's a quarter past six, a quarter to six
far passare un brutto quarto d'ora a qcn. — fig. to give sb. a hard time
4) mus.in tre, quattro -i — in three-four, four-four time
5) tip. quarto*6) mar. watch•quarto di finale — sport quarterfinal
quarto uomo — sport fourth official
* * *quarto/'kwarto/ ⇒ 26, 5fourth(f. -a)1 fourth2 (quarta parte) quarter (anche astr.); un quarto di mela a quarter of an apple; un quarto di bue a quarter of beef; un quarto di pollo a quarter chicken; un quarto di secolo a quarter century; di tre -i [foto, ritratto] in three-quarter profile; tre -i di nobiltà three quarters of nobility; manica tre -i three-quarter sleeve3 (nell'indicazione dell'ora) un quarto d'ora a quarter of an hour; sono le sei e un quarto, le sei meno un quarto it's a quarter past six, a quarter to six; far passare un brutto quarto d'ora a qcn. fig. to give sb. a hard time4 mus. in tre, quattro -i in three-four, four-four time5 tip. quarto*; formato in quarto quarto size6 mar. watchquarto di finale sport quarterfinal; Quarto Mondo Fourth World; quarto potere fourth estate; il quarto stato the proletariat; quarto uomo sport fourth official; - a dimensione fourth dimension. -
2 un quarto di secolo
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