cuarterón

Spanish

Etymology

cuarto (“quarter”) +‎ -ón (augmentative suffix)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kwarteˈɾon/, [kwart̪eˈɾõn]

Noun

cuarterón m (plural cuarterones, feminine cuarterona, feminine plural cuarteronas)

quadroon (person of one-quarter African descent)

Descendants

→ English: quadroon

Further reading

“cuarterón” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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