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 (³⁄₄ pulgada), coto (4+¹⁄₂ 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

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *pollicāta, unit of length derived from Latin pollex (“thumb”). Its shape may suggest a borrowing via Spanish pulgada; compare Portuguese polegada.

pulgada f (plural pulgadas)

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

• pé (12 pulgadas)

• pulg

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pollicāta, unit of length derived from Latin pollex (“thumb”). Compare Galician pulgada (which may be borrowed from Spanish) or Portuguese polegada. 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 (³⁄₄ pulgada), coto (4+¹⁄₂ pulgadas), sesma (6 pulgadas), palmo (9 pulgadas), pie (12 pulgadas), codo (18 pulgadas), vara (36 pulgadas)

• “pulgada”, 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

Borrowed from Spanish pulgada.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pulˈɡada/ [pʊlˈɡaː.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: pul‧ga‧da

pulgada (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎ᜔ᜄᜇ)

1. inch

   Synonym: dali

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