ferrado
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Galician ferrado, from Medieval Latin modius ferrātus (“reinforced modius”), from Latin ferrātus (“ironed”), from ferrum (“iron”) + -ātus (“-ate”).
NounEdit
ferrado (plural ferrados)
- (historical) A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 12–18 L depending on the substance measured.
- (historical) A trapezoidal measuring cup once used for measuring ferrados of grain.
- (historical) A traditional Galician unit of mass equal to the amount held by a ferrado, varying from about 12–20 kg depending on the substance measured.
- (historical) A traditional Galician unit of land area reckoned as the amount needed to sow a ferrado of seed, varying from 64–725 m² in different parts of Galicia.
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GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin ferrātus (“ironed”), from ferrum (“iron”) + -ātus (“-ate”). As units of measure, from a clipping of Medieval Latin modius ferrātus. Although sometimes considered equivalent to the Spanish celemín, in fact typically about twice as large except as a unit of area.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
ferrado m (feminine singular ferrada, masculine plural ferrados, feminine plural ferradas)
- shod, fitted with horseshoes
- 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 65:
- Nota que quando O potro for mais Nouo et mais çedo ferrado, tanto auera as huñas molles et mais fraqas, porque o huso dandar sem ferraduras crja as huñas mais duras
- Note that the sooner that the colt is horseshoed, the softer and weaker that their hooves will be, because walking with no horseshoe make the hooves stronger
- Nota que quando O potro for mais Nouo et mais çedo ferrado, tanto auera as huñas molles et mais fraqas, porque o huso dandar sem ferraduras crja as huñas mais duras
- 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 65:
- reinforced, strengthened with interior or exterior iron or steel supports
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VerbEdit
ferrado m (feminine singular ferrada, masculine plural ferrados, feminine plural ferradas)
- Masculine singular past participle of ferrar
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NounEdit
ferrado m (plural ferrados)
- (historical) ferrado, a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 12–18 L [13th cent.]
- 1291, E. Cal Pardo (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 78:
- oyto fanegas de ligoyma entre fuas et eruellas et ii ferrados de noses
- eight fanegas [~32 ferrados] of legume, both beans and peas, and two ferrados of chestnuts
- oyto fanegas de ligoyma entre fuas et eruellas et ii ferrados de noses
- 1449, José-Luis Novo Cazón (ed.), El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500). A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 374:
- o dicto moesteiro abia tres moyos ferrados de pan en a dicta iglesia de Buyercos en cada hun anno
- the aforementioned monastery has right to three reinforced modii [ferrados] of cereals in the aforementioned church of Buxercos, per uyear
- o dicto moesteiro abia tres moyos ferrados de pan en a dicta iglesia de Buyercos en cada hun anno
- 1291, E. Cal Pardo (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 78:
- (historical) ferrado, a trapezoidal box formerly used for measuring ferrados of grain
- (historical) ferrado, a traditional unit of mass equal to the amount of a substance held by a ferrado, varying from about 12–20 kg depending on each substance's density, irregularity, &c.
- (historical) ferrado, a traditional unit of land area reckoned as the amount of land that could be sown with a ferrado of seed, varying from 64–725 m² in different parts of Galicia
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- (units of volume, mass, and area): cuartillo (1/24 ferrado), cunca (1/12 ferrado), escá (½ ferrado), fanega (5 ferrados)
ReferencesEdit
- “ferrado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “ferrado” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “ferrado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ferrado” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ferrado” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
PortugueseEdit
AdjectiveEdit
ferrado (feminine ferrada, masculine plural ferrados, feminine plural ferradas)
- shod, fitted with horseshoes
- (Brazil, slang) screwed, beset with an difficult or impossible situation
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ParticipleEdit
ferrado (feminine ferrada, masculine plural ferrados, feminine plural ferradas)
- past participle of ferrar
SpanishEdit
ParticipleEdit
ferrado (feminine ferrada, masculine plural ferrados, feminine plural ferradas)
- past participle of ferrar