Significato di quarter in italiano

• 0 one of four equal parts of something; 1/4 -- quarto

  • We only finished a quarter of the pie. Abbiamo solo finito un quarto della torta.

  • I waited a quarter of an hour for her. L’ho aspettata per un quarto d’ora.

• 1 a period of 15 minutes before or after the hour -- quarto

  • It’s quarter to three (= 2.45). Manca un quarto alle tre.

  • We’re leaving at quarter past six (= 6.15). Partiamo alle sei e un quarto.

• 2 a coin with a value of 25 cents (= 25/100 of a dollar) in the US and Canada -- quarto di dollaro, moneta del valore di 25 cents in USA e Canada

  • There are four quarters in a dollar. Ci sono quattro quarti di dollaro in un dollaro.

• 3 one of four time periods that a year can be divided into -- trimestre

• 4 to cut something into four parts -- dividere in quattro, ridurre a un quarto

• 5 one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing -- quarto

  • There are four of us, so we’ll cut the cake into quarters

  • It’s (a) quarter past / American after four

  • In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit

  • The shop is about a quarter of a mile away

  • an hour and a quarter

  • two and a quarter hours.

• 6 in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar. -- (moneta da venticinque centesimi), (quarto di dollaro)

• 7 a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live -- quartiere

  • He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.

• 8 a direction -- parte, direzione

  • People were coming at me from all quarters.

• 9 mercy shown to an enemy -- grazia

  • They showed us no quarter.

• 10 the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg -- quarto

  • a quarter of beef

  • a bull’s hindquarters.

• 11 the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself. -- quarto

• 12 one of four equal periods of play in some games -- tempo

  • In the second quarter of the game, the Bears quarterback was intercepted.

• 13 a period of study at a college etc, usually 10 to 12 weeks in length. -- trimestre

• 14 to cut into four equal parts -- dividere in quattro

  • We’ll quarter the cake and then we’ll all have an equal share.

• 15 to divide by four -- dividere in quattro

  • If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.

• 16 to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay -- acquartierare, alloggiare

  • The soldiers were quartered all over the town.