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cuartel

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nounmasculine
  1. quartersmilitary lodging
  2. barracks
  3. military headquarters
  4. quarter; mercyas in, "to give quarter"

Forms

noun

singularcuartel
pluralcuarteles

Used in the library

  • El aniversario del cuartel se celebra con sardinas.The barracks' anniversary is celebrated with sardines.B1Otra vez, por favor (18) — Once more, please (18) (B1)
  • Con un solo cañón resistieron varias horas, hasta que los franceses tomaron el cuartel.With a single cannon they held out for several hours, until the French took the barracks.B1El Dos de Mayo — The Second of May
  • Un joven abogado, Fidel Castro, atacó el cuartel Moncada en 1953 y fue a la cárcel.A young lawyer, Fidel Castro, attacked the Moncada barracks in 1953 and went to prison.B1La Revolución cubana — The Cuban Revolution
  • Las madres iban de comisaría en comisaría, de cuartel en cuartel, y nadie les decía nada.The mothers went from police station to police station, from barracks to barracks, and nobody told them anything.B2Las Madres de Plaza de Mayo — The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo

Other ways to say it

  • acuartelamientoconfinement to barracks; quarters, barracks

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