Today's
word is: Cuadro
Clase: sustantivo
(noun)
Género: masculino
(masculine)
Origen: latín
(Latin)
In
Spanish, “cuadro”
is a masculine noun of Latin origin which is used generally to refer
to something square
or rectangular
in shape or a painting/
a
frame/ a
chart
or similar four-sided object, and is used as in:
- Las Meninas es un cuadro de Velázquez ('Las Meninas' is a painting by Velázquez)
- Una bici con cuadro de aluminio (an aluminium framed bike)
- Ese cuadro muestra las temperaturas alcanzadas esta semana (that graph/ chart/ table shows the temperatures reached this week)
- El segundo cuadro del primer acto de una obra de teatro (scene two of the first act of a play/ stage play)
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)
The noun, “cuadrado”and the describing word/ adjective, “cuadrado”/“cuadrada” are also
related words.
Some
Spanish expressions with the word “cuadro”
are:
- A cuadros (pattern with squares)
- Una camisa a cuadros (a checked/ tartan shirt)
- Cuadro clínico* (clinical profile)
- Un cuadro clínico muy complejo (a very complex set of symptoms)
- Cuadro de distribución (distribution frame)
- Esquema de cableado del cuadro de distribución (distribution frame wiring scheme)
- Cuadro de instrumentos (control panel/ dashboard)
- Se ha encendido una luz roja en el cuadro de instrumentos (a red light has come up on the control panel)
- Cuadro de mandos (control panel/ dashboard)
- Se ha encendido una luz roja en el cuadro de mandos (a red light has come up on the control panel)
- Cuadro eléctrico (electrical distribution panel)
- Cuadro flamenco (flamenco troupe -singers, dancers and musical instrument players)
- La fiesta terminó con una actuación de un cuadro flamenco (the 'fiesta' was brought to an end by a flamenco troupe)
- Cuadro plástico (live scene)
- Cuadro plástico de la Virgen con el Niño (the Virgin Mary with the Baby Jesus live scene/ the Nativity live scene)
- Cuadro sinóptico (summary table/ graph/ chart)
- Cuadro vivo (live scene)
- Cuadro vivo de la Virgen con el Niño (the Virgin Mary with the Baby Jesus live scene/ the Nativity live scene)
- Cuadro médico** (medical team)
- Estar hecho/ hecha un cuadro (to be really scruffy/ dirty)
- Pedro está hecho un cuadro (Pedro is really scruffy)
- María está hecha un cuadro (Maria is really scruffy)
Notes
*“Cuadro
clínico” is often used to refer to the
set of symptoms typical of a given medical condition or illness
**
“Cuadro médico”
is often used to refer to the team of doctors/ physicians in the
staff of a hospital or a similar health care institution.
Practice listening to and using the word "cuadro" with the YouTube clip:
Lucas Maciano - Tu camisa a cuadros
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “cuadro”in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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