aranzada

Borrowed from Spanish aranzada, from aranzata (“ration”), from Old Spanish arenzo and arienço (“Spanish coin”), from Latin argenteus (“silvery, silver piece”).

aranzada (plural aranzadas)

1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of land area, equivalent to about 4472 m², chiefly used for vineyards and olive groves.

• yugada (72 aranzadas)

From Sicilian aranciu, from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Classical Persian نارنگ (nārang, “orange”), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), from Dravidian.

aranzada (uncountable)

1. A Sicilian dessert made from candied orange peel in honey and toasted almonds.

From aranzata (“ration”), from Old Spanish arenzo and arienço (“Spanish coin”), from Latin argenteus (“silvery, silver piece”). Doublet of aranzata and argénteo. Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese arenço.

• IPA^(key): /aɾanˈθada/ [a.ɾãn̟ˈθa.ð̞a] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aɾanˈsada/ [a.ɾãnˈsa.ð̞a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: a‧ran‧za‧da

aranzada f (plural aranzadas)

1. (historical) aranzada (a traditional unit of land area equivalent to about 4472 m², chiefly used for vineyards and olive groves)

• yugada (72 aranzadas)

• “aranzada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024