tonelada
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- tonnelada (chiefly for the Portuguese unit)
EtymologyEdit
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”).
NounEdit
tonelada (plural toneladas)
- (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 920 kg.
- (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, equivalent to about 793 kg.
SynonymsEdit
- (Spanish unit): Spanish ton, ton (Spanish contexts)
- (Portuguese unit): Portuguese ton, ton (Portuguese contexts)
Coordinate termsEdit
- (Spanish unit): libra (1/2000 tonelada), arroba (1/80 tonelada), quintal (1/20 tonelada)
- (Portuguese unit): arratel (1/1728 tonelada), arroba (1/54 tonelada), quintalejo (1/27 tonelada), quintal (2/27 tonelada)
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”). Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish tonelada.
NounEdit
tonelada f (plural toneladas)
- metric ton, a unit of mass equal to exactly 1000 kg
- English or American ton, a unit of mass equivalent to about 907 kg
- (historical) tonelada, Spanish ton, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 920 kg
SynonymsEdit
- (metric unit): tonelada métrica, megagramo
PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- tonnelada (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From tonel (“tun”) + -ada (“-ful”), from Old Portuguese tonel, from Old French tonel (“little tun, cask”), from tone + -el (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Late Latin tunna (“tun”), from Proto-Celtic *tunna (“hide, skin”). In reference to the English unit, calqued from English ton. Doublet of tunel. Cognate with Galician and Spanish tonelada.
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: to‧ne‧la‧da
NounEdit
tonelada f (plural toneladas)
- metric ton, a unit of mass equal to 1000 kg
- English or American ton, a unit of mass equal to 20 hundredweight, 2240 or 2000 pounds
- (historical) tonelada, a traditional unit of mass, usually equivalent to 793 kg
- caskful, a notional unit of mass indicating the full contents of any tun, cask, &c.
SynonymsEdit
- (metric unit): megagrama, tonelada métrica
Coordinate termsEdit
- (metric unit): miligrama (0.001 g), grama (1 g), decagrama (0.01 kg), hectograma (0.1 kg), quilograma (1 kg), miriagrama (10 kg), quintal métrico (100 kg)
- (English unit): libra (1⁄2240 or 1⁄2000 tonelada)
- (Portuguese unit): arrátel (1⁄1728 tonelada), arroba (1⁄54 tonelada), quintalejo (1⁄27 tonelada), quintal (2⁄27 tonelada)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”). In reference to the English unit, calqued from English ton. Cognate with Galician and Portuguese tonelada.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tonelada f (plural toneladas)
- metric ton, a unit of mass equal to exactly 1000 kg
- Synonyms: tonelada métrica, megagramo
- English or American ton, a unit of mass equivalent to about 907 kg
- (historical) tonelada, Spanish ton, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 920 kg
Coordinate termsEdit
- (English unit): libra (1/2000 tonelada)
- (Spanish unit): libra (1/2000 tonelada), arroba (1/80 tonelada), quintal (1/20 tonelada)
Further readingEdit
- “tonelada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
TagalogEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish tonelada (“ton”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tonelada
- ton (unit of weight)