"arroba" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /aˈʁo.bɐ/ [Brazil], [aˈho.bɐ] [Brazil], /aˈʁo.bɐ/ [Brazil], [aˈho.bɐ] [Brazil], /aˈʁo.bɐ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [aˈχo.bɐ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /aˈʁo.ba/ [Southern-Brazil], [aˈho.ba] [Southern-Brazil], /ɐˈʁo.bɐ/ [Portugal], [ɐˈʁo.βɐ] [Portugal] Forms: arrobas [plural]
Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese arroba and arrova, from Andalusian Arabic and Arabic اَلرُّبْع (ar-rubʕ, “fourth”) in reference to its making up one-fourth of a quintal. Cognate with Galician and Spanish arroba, Catalan arrova, and Maltese raba’. Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|arroba}} Old Galician-Portuguese arroba, {{der|pt|xaa|-}} Andalusian Arabic, {{der|pt|ar|ربع|اَلرُّبْع|fourth}} Arabic اَلرُّبْع (ar-rubʕ, “fourth”), {{cognate|gl|-}} Galician, {{cognate|es|arroba}} Spanish arroba, {{cognate|ca|arrova}} Catalan arrova, {{cog|mt|raba'}} Maltese raba’ Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} arroba f (plural arrobas)
  1. (historical) arroba, a traditional unit of mass, equivalent to 14.7 kg Tags: feminine, historical Coordinate_terms (unit of mass): arrátel (1⁄32 arroba), quintalejo (2 arrobas), quintal (4 arrobas), tonelada (54 arrobas)
    Sense id: en-arroba-pt-noun-5mwMVhsU Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Units of measure Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 83 17 Disambiguation of 'unit of mass': 100 0
  2. (typography) at, the name of the symbol @ Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-arroba-pt-noun-rND3SGj1 Categories (other): Typography Topics: media, publishing, typography

Inflected forms

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      "name": "cognate"
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      "ipa": "/ɐˈʁo.bɐ/",
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