"arroba" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: arrobas [plural]
Etymology: From Spanish and Portuguese arroba, from Old Spanish arroua and Old Galician-Portuguese arrova, from Andalusian Arabic and Arabic اَلرُّبْع (ar-rubʕ, “one-fourth”) in reference to its making up one fourth of a quintal. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ar|ر ب ع}}, {{bor|en|es|-}} Spanish, {{bor|en|pt|arroba}} Portuguese arroba, {{der|en|osp|arroua}} Old Spanish arroua, {{der|en|roa-opt|arrova}} Old Galician-Portuguese arrova, {{der|en|xaa|-}} Andalusian Arabic, {{der|en|ar|ربع|اَلرُّبْع|one-fourth}} Arabic اَلرُّبْع (ar-rubʕ, “one-fourth”), {{m|en|quintal}} quintal Head templates: {{en-noun}} arroba (plural arrobas)
  1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, varying by time, location, and substance but generally around 11.5 kilograms. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Units of measure Categories (place): Brazil
    Sense id: en-arroba-en-noun-w-kHiP9C Disambiguation of Units of measure: 34 29 37 Disambiguation of Brazil: 37 27 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 23 39
  2. (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 14.7 kilograms. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Units of measure Categories (place): Brazil, Portugal, Spain Coordinate_terms (Portuguese unit): arratel (1⁄32 arroba), quintalejo (2 arrobas), quintal (4 arrobas), tonelada (54 arrobas) Translations (traditional Spanish and Portuguese unit of mass): arroba [feminine] (Portuguese), арро́ба (arróba) [feminine] (Russian), arroba [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-arroba-en-noun-S20JfTCO Disambiguation of Units of measure: 34 29 37 Disambiguation of Brazil: 37 27 36 Disambiguation of Portugal: 5 86 9 Disambiguation of Spain: 29 42 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 23 39 Disambiguation of 'Portuguese unit': 8 83 9 Disambiguation of 'traditional Spanish and Portuguese unit of mass': 32 40 27
  3. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of liquid measure, varying by time, location, and substance but generally around 15 liters. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Units of measure Categories (place): Brazil
    Sense id: en-arroba-en-noun-7mCVIJIh Disambiguation of Units of measure: 34 29 37 Disambiguation of Brazil: 37 27 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 23 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms (Spanish unit): libra (1⁄25 arroba), quintal (4 arrobas), tonelada (80 arrobas)
Disambiguation of 'Spanish unit': 46 7 47

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