arratel

• arrátel

From Portuguese arrátel, from Andalusian Arabic الرَطْل‎ (“rottol”), from Arabic الرَطْل‎ (ar-raṭl), from Aramaic רִיטְלָא‎ / ܪܺܝܛܠܳܐ‎ (rīṭlā), variant of לִיטְרָא‎ / ܠܺܝܛܪܳܐ‎ (līṭrā), from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra, “libra, Roman pound”). Doublet of libra, livre, libbra, liter, and rottol.

arratel (plural arratels)

1. (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 459 g.

• Portuguese pound, libra (some contexts), pound (Portuguese contexts)

• oitava (1/96 arratel), onça (1/16 arratel), quarta (¼ arratel), marco (½ arratel), libra (usually ¾ arratel), arroba (32 arratels), quintalejo (64 arratels), quintal (128 arratels), tonelada (1728 arratels)