tonelada

English

Alternative forms

• tonnelada (chiefly for the Portuguese unit)

Etymology

From Portuguese and Spanish tonelada, from tonel (“tun”) + -ada (“-ful”), from Old French tonel (“little tun, cask”), from tone + -el (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Late Latin tunna (“tun”), from Proto-Celtic *tunna (“hide, skin”).

Noun

tonelada (plural toneladas)

1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 920 kg.
2. (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, equivalent to about 793 kg.

Synonyms

• (Spanish unit): Spanish ton, ton (Spanish contexts)
• (Portuguese unit): Portuguese ton, ton (Portuguese contexts)

Coordinate terms

• (Spanish unit): libra (¹⁄₂₀₀₀ tonelada), arroba (¹⁄₈₀ tonelada), quintal (¹⁄₂₀ tonelada)
• (Portuguese unit): arratel (¹⁄₁₇₂₈ tonelada), arroba (¹⁄₅₄ tonelada), quintalejo (¹⁄₂₇ tonelada), quintal (²⁄₂₇ tonelada)

Galician

Etymology

From tonel (“tun”) +‎ -ada (“-ful”), from Old French tonel (“little tun, cask”), from tone + -el (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Late Latin tunna (“tun”), from Proto-Celtic *tunna (“hide, skin”). Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish tonelada.

Noun

tonelada f (plural toneladas)

1. metric ton, a unit of mass equal to exactly 1000 kg

   Synonyms: tonelada métrica, megagramo

2. English or American ton, a unit of mass equivalent to about 1016 or 907 kg respectively
3. (historical) tonelada, Spanish ton, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 920 kg

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tonnelada (obsolete)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /to.neˈla.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /to.neˈla.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /to.neˈla.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tu.nɨˈla.dɐ/ [tu.nɨˈla.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: to‧ne‧la‧da

Noun

tonelada f (plural toneladas)

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

Synonyms

• (metric unit): megagrama, tonelada métrica

Coordinate terms

• (metric unit): miligrama (0.001 g), grama (1 g), decagrama (0.01 kg), hectograma (0.1 kg), quilograma (1 kg), miriagrama (10 kg), quintal métrico (100 kg)
• (English unit): libra (¹⁄₂₂₄₀ or ¹⁄₂₀₀₀ tonelada)
• (Portuguese unit): arrátel (¹⁄₁₇₂₈ tonelada), arroba (¹⁄₅₄ tonelada), quintalejo (¹⁄₂₇ tonelada), quintal (²⁄₂₇ tonelada)

Derived terms

• tonelada americana
• tonelada curta
• tonelada de arqueação
• tonelada inglesa
• tonelada longa

Related terms

• tonel
• tonelagem

Spanish

Etymology

From tonel (“tun”) +‎ -ada (“-ful”), 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. Cognate with Galician and Portuguese tonelada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toneˈlada/ [t̪o.neˈla.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: to‧ne‧la‧da

Noun

tonelada f (plural toneladas)

1. metric ton (a unit of mass equal to exactly 1000 kg)

   Synonyms: tonelada métrica, megagramo

2. English or American ton (a unit of mass equivalent to about 1016 or 907 kg respectively)
3. (historical) tonelada, Spanish ton (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 920 kg)

Coordinate terms

• (English unit): libra (¹⁄₂₂₄₀ or ¹⁄₂₀₀₀ tonelada)
• (Spanish unit): libra (¹⁄₂₀₀₀ tonelada), arroba (¹⁄₈₀ tonelada), quintal (¹⁄₂₀ tonelada)

Further reading

• “tonelada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tonelada (“ton”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /toneˈlada/ [t̪o.n̪ɛˈlaː.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: to‧ne‧la‧da

Noun

tonelada (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈᜒᜎᜇ)

1. ton (unit of weight)

Derived terms

• tone-tonelada

Related terms

• tonelahe

Anagrams

• adelanto