yugada

English

Alternative forms

ungada

Etymology

From Spanish yugada, from yugo (“yoke”) + -ada (“-ful”), from Latin iugum. Compare Latin iugerum (“juger”).

Noun

yugada (plural yugadas)

(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of land area, equivalent to about 32.2 ha.

Synonyms

Spanish yoke, yoke (Spanish contexts)

Coordinate terms

celemin (1/600 yugada), aranzada (1/72 yugada), fanega (1/50 yugada), caballeria (1⅕ yugada)

Spanish

Etymology

From yugo (“yoke”) +‎ -ada (“-ful”), from Latin iugum. Compare Latin iugerum (“juger”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝuˈɡada/ [ɟ͡ʝuˈɣ̞a.ð̞a]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃuˈɡada/ [ʃuˈɣ̞a.ð̞a]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒuˈɡada/ [ʒuˈɣ̞a.ð̞a]

Rhymes: -ada
Syllabification: yu‧ga‧da

Noun

yugada f (plural yugadas)

yoke, team of draft animals yoked together to pull a plow
(historical) yugada, Spanish yoke, a traditional unit of area equivalent to about 32.2 ha

Coordinate terms

celemín (1/600 yugada), aranzada (1/72 yugada), fanega (1/50 yugada), caballería (1⅕ yugada)

Further reading

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

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