polegada

Significado (Inglés)

1. (feminine) American or English inch, a unit of length equal to 2.54 cm
2. (feminine, historical) polegada, Portuguese inch, a historical unit of length about equal to 2.8 cm
3. (feminine, historical) square polegada, a historical unit of area about equal to 7.8 cm²
4. (feminine, historical) cubic polegada, a historical unit of volume about equal to 22 cm³, particularly used in measuring timber

Sinónimos

alfândega

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Traducións

inch

pulgada

pouce

Zoll

pollice

duim

polzada

ίντσα

inç

duim als lengtemaat

αντίχειρας

Ehle

Inch

شِبْر

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/po.leˈɡa.dɐ/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

From Old Galician-Portuguese polegada, from Vulgar Latin *pollicāta, unit of length derived from Latin pollex (“thumb”). Compare Galician and Spanish pulgada. As an English unit, a calque of English inch.