Today's word is: Cuadrado
Clase: sustantivo
(noun)
Género: masculino
(masculine)
Origen: latín
(Latin)
In Spanish, “cuadrado” is a masculine noun of Latin origin which means square and used as in:
- El cuadrado es una figura geométrica (the square is a geometrical figure)
- El cuadrado de 2 es 4 (the square of 2 is 4)
The describing word,
“cuadrado”/ “cuadrada”
may be used also to refer to a brawny, muscular, stocky
or well-built person, as in:
- Tu amigo está cuadrado (your friend is a really well-built person)
The action word/ verb
“cuadrar” is a related
word meaning to square, to balance, to add up,
and is used as in:
- Las cuentas no cuadran* (the sums don't add up)
Some
Spanish expressions with the word “cuadrado”
are:
- Al cuadrado (squared/ to the power of 2)
- 2 al cuadrado es igual a 4 (2 to the power of 2 is equal to 4)
- Centímetro cuadrado (square centimeter)
- Decímetro cuadrado (square decimeter)
- Estar cuadrado (to be a muscular/ well-built person)
- Tu amigo está cuadrado (your friend is a really well-built person)
- Elevar al cuadrado (to square/ to raise to the power of 2)
- Elevamos al cuadrado el resultado (we raise the result to the power of 2)
- Metro cuadrado (square meter)
- Pan cuadrado (sliced bread/ sliced loaf)
- Precio del metro cuadrado** (price per square metre/ meter)
- Valor del metro cuadrado** de un inmueble (property value per square metre/ meter)
Notes
*The
expression could be used:
- In a literal sense -when errors/ discrepancies cause an account not to balance
- In a figurative sense when referring to inconsistencies
**Commonly
used unit of price/ value of property
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "cuadrado"
in the YouTube clip: el baile del cuadrado-los rebos (original)
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “cuadrado”in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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