cuartos

rooms

noun KWAHR-tohs Rare

Also means

money (informal)

Usage Note

Cuartos is the plural of cuarto (quarter; room). In everyday speech it commonly means 'rooms' in a house or hotel. It also serves as informal slang for 'money' or 'cash' — no tengo cuartos means 'I have no money' — a sense rooted in the old Spanish coin cuarto de real and still heard in Spain and the Caribbean. The singular cuarto also means 'quarter' (one-fourth).

Examples

"Los cuartos de la casa son amplios."

Natural Translation

The rooms of the house are spacious.

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