Dictionary

tonelada en · NOUN

Etymology

From Portuguese and Spanish tonelada, from tonel (“tun”) + -ada (“-ful”), from Old French tonel (“little tun, cask”), from tone + -el (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Late Latin tunna (“tun”), from Proto-Celtic *tunna (“hide, skin”).

Meanings

1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 920 kg.
2. (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, equivalent to about 793 kg.

Forms

Coordinates

quintal (2⁄27 tonelada) (Portuguese unit) · libra (1⁄2000 tonelada) (Spanish unit) · arroba (1⁄80 tonelada) (Spanish unit) · arratel (1⁄1728 tonelada) (Portuguese unit) · arroba (1⁄54 tonelada) (Portuguese unit) · quintalejo (1⁄27 tonelada) (Portuguese unit) · quintal (1⁄20 tonelada) (Spanish unit)

Synonyms

ton (Spanish unit) · Spanish ton (Spanish unit) · ton (Portuguese unit) · Portuguese ton (Portuguese unit)