toesa

From Spanish and Portuguese toesa, from French toise. Doublet of toise.

toesa (plural toesas)

1. (historical) Synonym of estado, Spanish toise or fathom, a traditional unit of length, equivalent to about 1.67 m.
2. (historical) The Portuguese toise, a traditional unit of length, equivalent to about 2 m.

• (Portuguese unit): polegada (¹⁄₇₂ toesa), palmo (¹⁄₉ toesa), Portuguese foot (¹⁄₆ toesa), vara (⁵⁄₉ toesa), passo (⁵⁄₆ toesa), braça (1+¹⁄₉ toesas)

• stoæ, ostea, Ateso, stoae, toeas, Oates, SEATO

From French toise.

toesa f (plural toesas)

1. (historical) toesa, Portuguese toise, a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 2 m

• polegada (¹⁄₇₂ toesa), palmo (¹⁄₉ toesa), pé (¹⁄₆ toesa), vara (⁵⁄₉ toesa), passo (⁵⁄₆ toesa), braça (1+¹⁄₉ toesas)

• milha, légua

Borrowed from French toise, q.v.

• IPA^(key): /toˈesa/ [t̪oˈe.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: to‧e‧sa

toesa f (plural toesas)

1. (historical) synonym of estado, Spanish toise or fathom (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 1.67 m)
2. (historical) toise (similar units in other systems of measurement)

• “toesa”, 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