tonelada

Meaning

1. (feminine) metric ton, a unit of mass equal to 1000 kg
2. (feminine) British or American ton, a unit of mass equal to 20 hundredweight, 2,240 or 2,000 pounds
3. (feminine, historical) tonelada, a traditional unit of mass, usually equivalent to 793 kg
4. (feminine) caskful, a notional unit of mass indicating the full contents of any tun, cask, &c.

Concepts

ton

tonne

metric ton

t

gross ton

net ton

long ton

short ton

MT

Translations

tonne

tonelada

Tonne

tonnellata

tona

ton

τόνος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/to.neˈla.dɐ/

Etymology

Cognate with Galician: -

Cognate with Spanish: tonelada

In summary

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.