aguilhada

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese aguillon (“sting”) + -ada (“-ing, -er: forming nouns related to striking”), attested in the 13th century Cantigas de Santa Maria, from aculeus (“sting”). Doublet of aguilhão. Cognate with Galician aguillada. === Pronunciation === === Noun === aguilhada f (plural aguilhadas) goad, a rod used to drive cattle (historical, measure) aguilhada, a former unit of land area equal to about 480 m² ==== Coordinate terms ==== (unit of area): vara (3⁄1210 aguilhada), geira (12 aguilhadas) === Further reading === “aguilhada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “aguilhada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026