pulgada

From Spanish pulgada, from Vulgar Latin *pollicata, from Latin pollicaris (“of or related to a thumb”), from pollex (“thumb”) + -āris (“-ary: forming adjectives”). Doublet of polegada.

pulgada (plural pulgadas)

1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 2.3 cm.

• Spanish inch, inch (Spanish contexts)

• punto (1/144 pulgada), linea (1/12 pulgada), dedo (¾ pulgada), coto (4½ pulgadas), sesma (6 pulgadas), palmo (9 pulgadas), pie (12 pulgadas), codo (18 pulgadas), vara (36 pulgadas)

Borrowed from Spanish pulgada.

• Hyphenation: pul‧ga‧da

pulgada

1. an inch

From Vulgar Latin *pollicata, from Latin pollicaris (“of or related to a thumb”). Cognate with Spanish pulgada, Catalan polzada, and Portuguese polegada.

pulgada f (plural pulgadas)

1. (historical, measure) pulgada, Spanish inch, a former unit of length

• pé (12 pulgadas)

• pulg

From Vulgar Latin *pollicata, from Latin pollicaris (“of or related to a thumb”), from pollex (“thumb”) + -āris (“-ary: forming adjectives”). Cognate with Galician pulgada, Portuguese polegada, Catalan polzada. As an English unit, a calque of English inch.

• IPA^(key): /pulˈɡada/ [pulˈɣ̞a.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: pul‧ga‧da

pulgada f (plural pulgadas)

1. English or American inch, a unit of length equal to 2.54 cm
2. (historical) pulgada, Spanish inch, a former unit of length equivalent to about 2.3 cm

• (English unit): pie (12 pulgadas), yarda (36 pulgadas)
• (Spanish unit): punto (1/144 pulgada), línea (1/12 pulgada), dedo (¾ pulgada), coto (4½ pulgadas), sesma (6 pulgadas), palmo (9 pulgadas), pie (12 pulgadas), codo (18 pulgadas), vara (36 pulgadas)

• pulgar

• “pulgada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from Spanish pulgada.

• Hyphenation: pul‧ga‧da
• IPA^(key): /pulˈɡada/, [pʊlˈɡa.dɐ]

pulgada

1. inch

   Synonym: dali

• timuro