polegada

polegada means A traditional Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 2.8 cm.

Etymology

From Portuguese polegada (“inch”), from Vulgar Latin *pollicāta, from Latin pollicāris (“of or related to a thumb”), from pollex (“thumb”) + -āris (“-ary: forming adjectives”). Doublet of pulgada.

noun

A traditional Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 2.8 cm.

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Words closest in meaning

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pulgada 71% match — A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 2.3 cm vs polegada →
linha 69% match — A traditional short Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 2.3 mm. vs polegada →
onça 67% match — A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 28.7 g. vs polegada →
inchlong 61% match — an inch, or roughly an inch, in length vs polegada →
oitava 61% match — A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equivalent to 1.6–2.4 liters in different 19th-century contexts. vs polegada →
covado 59% match — A traditional Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 0.6 meters and approximating the length of a forearm and hand. vs polegada →
incher 58% match — An object having a dimension of so many inches. vs polegada →
dedo 58% match — A traditional short Spanish unit of length, usually about equal to 1.75 cm. vs polegada →