What does cuartel in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word cuartel in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use cuartel in Spanish.

The word cuartel in Spanish means station, encampment, barracks, quarters, mercy, quarter, battle to the death, residential barracks, military headquarters, HQ, a war to the death. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word cuartel

station, encampment

nombre masculino (base de fuerzas del orden)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El cuartel de la Guardia Civil está en el entro de la cuidad.
The station (or: encampment) of the National Guard is in the city center.

barracks, quarters

nombre masculino (ejército)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Los soldados salieron corriendo del cuartel.
The soldiers went running out of their barracks (or: quarters).

mercy

nombre masculino (tregua)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Los guerreros ni dieron ni pidieron cuartel en la batalla.
They warriors neither give nor ask for mercy during the battle.

quarter

nombre masculino (heráldica: de escudo) (herald)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El escudo se divide en cuatro cuarteles.
The shield is divided into four quarters.

battle to the death

locución nominal femenina (sin tregua, sin descanso)

residential barracks

nombre femenino (vivienda militar) (military)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

military headquarters

locución nominal masculina (edificio militar)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El cuartel general de los amotinados se estableció en el puente.
The military headquarters of the mutineers was established on the bridge.

HQ

locución nominal masculina (figurado (centro de operaciones) (abbreviation)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")
El sótano es el cuartel general de la banda.
The band's HQ is the basement.

a war to the death

expresión (figurado (hasta las últimas consecuencias)

Ellos dos se odian y hace años tienen una guerra sin cuartel.

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