polegada
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- pollegada (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese polegada, from Vulgar Latin *pollicāta, from Latin pollicāris or pollex (“thumb”). Compare Spanish pulgada.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌpo.le.ˈɡa.da/, /ˌpo.le.ˈɡa.dɐ/
- Hyphenation: po‧le‧ga‧da
Noun
polegada f (plural polegadas)
- inch (a unit of length equal to one-twelfth of a foot and equivalent to exactly 2.54 centimetres)
Quotations
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