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quarta

fourth

adjective KWAHR-tah Rare
Numbers & Measures Ordinal Numbers

Origin: Latin quarta (fourth)

Usage Note

Quarta is the feminine form of the ordinal quarto (fourth). As a noun, la quarta commonly refers to fourth gear in a car (metti la quarta, put it in fourth), or to the fourth year of a school cycle (la quarta elementare). In music, una quarta is the interval of a fourth.

Examples

"Abita al quarto piano, non al terzo."

Natural Translation

She lives on the fourth floor, not the third.

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