polegada

== English == === Alternative forms === pollegada (historical) === Etymology === From Portuguese polegada (“inch”), from Vulgar Latin *pollicāta, from Latin pollicāris (“of or related to a thumb”), from pollex (“thumb”) + -āris (“-ary: forming adjectives”). Doublet of pulgada. === Noun === polegada (plural polegadas) (historical, measure) A traditional Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 2.8 cm. ==== Synonyms ==== Portuguese inch, inch (in Portuguese contexts) ==== Coordinate terms ==== (Portuguese unit): ponto (1⁄144 polegada), linha (1⁄12 polegada), grao (1⁄6 polegada), dedo (2⁄3 polegada), palmo (8 polegadas), Portuguese foot (12 polegadas), covado (24 or 24+3⁄4 polegadas), vara (40 polegadas), passo (60 polegadas), toesa (72 polegadas), braça (80 polegadas) == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === pollegada (obsolete) === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese polegada, from Vulgar Latin *pollicāta, unit of length derived from Latin pollex (“thumb”). Compare Galician and Spanish pulgada. As an English unit, a calque of English inch. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: po‧le‧ga‧da === Noun === polegada f (plural polegadas) American or English inch, a unit of length equal to 2.54 cm (historical) polegada, Portuguese inch, a historical unit of length about equal to 2.8 cm (historical) square polegada, a historical unit of area about equal to 7.8 cm² (historical) cubic polegada, a historical unit of volume about equal to 22 cm³, particularly used in measuring timber ==== Coordinate terms ==== (English unit of length): pé (12 polegadas), jarda (36 polegadas) (Portuguese unit of length): ponto (1⁄144 polegada), linha (1⁄12 polegada), grão (1⁄6 polegada), dedo (2⁄3 polegada), palmo (8 polegadas), pé (12 polegadas), côvado (24 or 24+3⁄4 polegadas), vara (40 polegadas), passo (60 polegadas), toesa (72 polegadas), braça (80 polegadas) ==== Related terms ==== polegar === Further reading === “polegada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “polegada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026