polegada

Portuguese

Alternative forms

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)

  1. inch (a unit of length equal to one-twelfth of a foot and equivalent to exactly 2.54 centimetres)

Quotations

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