tonelada
English
Alternative forms
- tonnelada (chiefly for the Portuguese unit)
Etymology
From Portuguese and Spanish tonelada, from tonel (“tun”) + -ada (“-ful”), from Old French tonel (“little tun, cask”), from tone + -el (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Late Latin tunna (“tun”), from Proto-Celtic *tunna (“hide, skin”).
Noun
tonelada (plural toneladas)
- (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 920 kg.
- (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, equivalent to about 793 kg.
Synonyms
- (Spanish unit): Spanish ton, ton (Spanish contexts)
- (Portuguese unit): Portuguese ton, ton (Portuguese contexts)
Coordinate terms
- (Spanish unit): libra (1⁄2000 tonelada), arroba (1⁄80 tonelada), quintal (1⁄20 tonelada)
- (Portuguese unit): arratel (1⁄1728 tonelada), arroba (1⁄54 tonelada), quintalejo (1⁄27 tonelada), quintal (2⁄27 tonelada)
Galician
Etymology
From tonel (“tun”) + -ada (“-ful”), from Old French tonel (“little tun, cask”), from tone + -el (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Late Latin tunna (“tun”), from Proto-Celtic *tunna (“hide, skin”). Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish tonelada.
Noun
tonelada f (plural toneladas)
- metric ton, a unit of mass equal to exactly 1000 kg
- Synonyms: tonelada métrica, megagramo
- English or American ton, a unit of mass equivalent to about 1016 or 907 kg respectively
- (historical) tonelada, Spanish ton, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 920 kg
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- tonnelada (obsolete)
Etymology
From tonel (“tun”) + -ada (“-ful”), from Old Galician-Portuguese tonel, from Old French tonel (“little tun, cask”), from tone + -el (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Late Latin tunna (“tun”), from Proto-Celtic *tunna (“hide, skin”). In reference to the English unit, calqued from English ton. Doublet of tunel. Cognate with Galician and Spanish tonelada.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /to.neˈla.dɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /to.neˈla.da/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tu.nɨˈla.dɐ/ [tu.nɨˈla.ðɐ]
- Hyphenation: to‧ne‧la‧da
Noun
tonelada f (plural toneladas)
- metric ton, a unit of mass equal to 1000 kg
- British or American ton, a unit of mass equal to 20 hundredweight, 2,240 or 2,000 pounds
- (historical) tonelada, a traditional unit of mass, usually equivalent to 793 kg
- caskful, a notional unit of mass indicating the full contents of any tun, cask, &c.
Synonyms
- (metric unit): megagrama, tonelada métrica
Coordinate terms
- (metric unit): miligrama (0.001 g), grama (1 g), decagrama (0.01 kg), hectograma (0.1 kg), quilograma (1 kg), miriagrama (10 kg), quintal métrico (100 kg)
- (English unit): libra (1⁄2240 or 1⁄2000 tonelada)
- (Portuguese unit): arrátel (1⁄1728 tonelada), arroba (1⁄54 tonelada), quintalejo (1⁄27 tonelada), quintal (2⁄27 tonelada)
Derived terms
- tonelada americana
- tonelada curta
- tonelada de arqueação
- tonelada inglesa
- tonelada longa
Related terms
- tonel
- tonelagem
Spanish
Etymology
From tonel (“tun”) + -ada (“-ful”), from Old French tonel (“little tun, cask”), from tone + -el (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Late Latin tunna (“tun”), from Proto-Celtic *tunna (“hide, skin”). In reference to the English unit, calqued from English ton. Cognate with Galician and Portuguese tonelada.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toneˈlada/ [t̪o.neˈla.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: to‧ne‧la‧da
Noun
tonelada f (plural toneladas)
- metric ton (a unit of mass equal to exactly 1000 kg)
- Synonyms: tonelada métrica, megagramo
- English or American ton (a unit of mass equivalent to about 1016 or 907 kg respectively)
- (historical) tonelada, Spanish ton (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 920 kg)
Coordinate terms
- (English unit): libra (1⁄2240 or 1⁄2000 tonelada)
- (Spanish unit): libra (1⁄2000 tonelada), arroba (1⁄80 tonelada), quintal (1⁄20 tonelada)
Further reading
- “tonelada”, 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
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tonelada (“ton”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /toneˈlada/ [t̪o.n̪ɛˈlaː.d̪ɐ]
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: to‧ne‧la‧da
Noun
tonelada (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈᜒᜎᜇ)
- ton (unit of weight)
Derived terms
- tone-tonelada
Related terms
- tonelahe