yugada
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Spanish yugada, from yugo (“yoke”) + -ada (“-ful”), from Latin iugum. Compare Latin iugerum (“juger”).
Noun
yugada (plural yugadas)
- (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of land area, equivalent to about 32.2 ha.
Synonyms
- Spanish yoke, yoke (Spanish contexts)
Coordinate terms
- celemin (1⁄600 yugada), aranzada (1⁄72 yugada), fanega (1⁄50 yugada), caballeria (1 1⁄5 yugada)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝuˈɡada/ [ɟ͡ʝuˈɣ̞a.ð̞a]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃuˈɡada/ [ʃuˈɣ̞a.ð̞a]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒuˈɡada/ [ʒuˈɣ̞a.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: yu‧ga‧da
Noun
yugada f (plural yugadas)
Coordinate terms
- celemín (1⁄600 yugada), aranzada (1⁄72 yugada), fanega (1⁄50 yugada), caballería (1 1⁄5 yugada)
Further reading
- “yugada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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