pulgada

Meaning

1. (feminine) English or American inch (a unit of length equal to 2.54 cm)
2. (feminine, historical) pulgada, Spanish inch (a former unit of length equivalent to about 2.3 cm)

Concepts

inch

inch

Translations

pollice

Zoll

polegada

pouce

duim

polzada

inç

ίντσα

uncia

duim als lengtemaat

alfândega

🛃

polegada

polegada

ανάστημα

Hyphenated as

pul‧ga‧da

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pulˈɡada/

Etymology

Cognate with Galician: pulgada

Cognate with Portuguese: polegada

In summary

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.