No. 802 in Italian
quarto
"Quarto" in Italian means "fourth" or "quarter."
In a sentence
Sono rimasto nella stanza del quarto alloggio.
I stayed in the room of the fourth lodging.
In this sentence, 'quarto' is used as an ordinal number to specify a sequence or order.
Un quarto del dolce era sparito.
A quarter of the dessert was gone.
Here, 'quarto' indicates a fraction, specifically one-fourth of a whole.
Ci vediamo alle quattro e un quarto del pomeriggio.
We will meet at four fifteen in the afternoon.
In this context, 'quarto' is used to denote fifteen minutes, commonly in time expressions.
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