tonelada.
metric ton (a unit of mass equal to exactly 1000 kg)
Meaning & usage
metric ton (a unit of mass equal to exactly 1000 kg)
English or American ton (a unit of mass equivalent to about 1016 or 907 kg respectively)
tonelada, Spanish ton (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 920 kg)
Where this word comes from
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.
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