quarter Definizione In italiano

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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

  • two and a quarter hours.

  • an hour and a quarter

  • The shop is about a quarter of a mile away

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

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

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