tonelada

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English

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Etymology

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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).

Noun

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tonelada (plural toneladas)

  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.

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Galician

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Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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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.

Noun

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tonelada f (plural toneladas)

  1. metric ton, a unit of mass equal to exactly 1000 kg
    Synonyms: tonelada métrica, megagramo
  2. English or American ton, a unit of mass equivalent to about 1016 or 907 kg respectively
  3. (historical) tonelada, Spanish ton, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 920 kg

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From tonel (tun) +‎ -ada (-ful), from Old Galician-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.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: to‧ne‧la‧da

Noun

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tonelada f (plural toneladas)

  1. metric ton, a unit of mass equal to 1000 kg
  2. British or American ton, a unit of mass equal to 20 hundredweight, 2,240 or 2,000 pounds
  3. (historical) tonelada, a traditional unit of mass, usually equivalent to 793 kg
  4. caskful, a notional unit of mass indicating the full contents of any tun, cask, &c.

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Spanish

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /toneˈlada/ [t̪o.neˈla.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: to‧ne‧la‧da

Noun

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tonelada f (plural toneladas)

  1. metric ton (a unit of mass equal to exactly 1000 kg)
    Synonyms: tonelada métrica, megagramo
  2. English or American ton (a unit of mass equivalent to about 1016 or 907 kg respectively)
  3. (historical) tonelada, Spanish ton (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 920 kg)

Coordinate terms

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  • (English unit): libra (12240 or 12000 tonelada)
  • (Spanish unit): libra (12000 tonelada), arroba (180 tonelada), quintal (120 tonelada)

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish tonelada (ton).

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tonelada (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈᜒᜎᜇ)

  1. ton (unit of weight)

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