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tonelada

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”).

  1. derived from *tunna✻
  2. derived from tunna
  3. derived from tonel
  4. borrowed from tonelada

Definitions

  1. A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 920 kg.

  2. A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, equivalent to about 793 kg.

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