tonelada

== English == === Alternative forms === tonnelada (chiefly for the Portuguese unit) === Etymology === From Portuguese and Spanish tonelada, 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”). === Noun === tonelada (plural toneladas) (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 920 kg. (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, equivalent to about 793 kg. ==== Synonyms ==== (Spanish unit): Spanish ton, ton (Spanish contexts) (Portuguese unit): Portuguese ton, ton (Portuguese contexts) ==== Coordinate terms ==== (Spanish unit): libra (1⁄2000 tonelada), arroba (1⁄80 tonelada), quintal (1⁄20 tonelada) (Portuguese unit): arratel (1⁄1728 tonelada), arroba (1⁄54 tonelada), quintalejo (1⁄27 tonelada), quintal (2⁄27 tonelada) == Galician == === Etymology === 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”). Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish tonelada. === Noun === tonelada f (plural toneladas) metric ton, a unit of mass equal to exactly 1000 kg Synonyms: tonelada métrica, megagramo English or American ton, a unit of mass equivalent to about 1016 or 907 kg respectively (historical) tonelada, Spanish ton, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 920 kg == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === tonnelada (obsolete) === Etymology === From tonel (“tun”) +‎ -ada (“-ful”), from Old Galician-Portuguese tonel, 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. Doublet of tunel. Cognate with Galician and Spanish tonelada. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: to‧ne‧la‧da === Noun === tonelada f (plural toneladas) metric ton, a unit of mass equal to 1000 kg British or American ton, a unit of mass equal to 20 hundredweight, 2,240 or 2,000 pounds (historical) tonelada, a traditional unit of mass, usually equivalent to 793 kg caskful, a notional unit of mass indicating the full contents of any tun, cask, &c. ==== Synonyms ==== (metric unit): megagrama, tonelada métrica ==== Coordinate terms ==== (metric unit): miligrama (0.001 g), grama (1 g), decagrama (0.01 kg), hectograma (0.1 kg), quilograma (1 kg), miriagrama (10 kg), quintal métrico (100 kg) (English unit): libra (1⁄2240 or 1⁄2000 tonelada) (Portuguese unit): arrátel (1⁄1728 tonelada), arroba (1⁄54 tonelada), quintalejo (1⁄27 tonelada), quintal (2⁄27 tonelada) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== tonel tonelagem === Further reading === “tonelada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tonelada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /toneˈlada/ [t̪o.neˈla.ð̞a] Rhymes: -ada Syllabification: to‧ne‧la‧da === Noun === tonelada f (plural toneladas) metric ton (a unit of mass equal to exactly 1000 kg) Synonyms: tonelada métrica, megagramo English or American ton (a unit of mass equivalent to about 1016 or 907 kg respectively) (historical) tonelada, Spanish ton (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 920 kg) ==== Coordinate terms ==== (English unit): libra (1⁄2240 or 1⁄2000 tonelada) (Spanish unit): libra (1⁄2000 tonelada), arroba (1⁄80 tonelada), quintal (1⁄20 tonelada) === Further reading === “tonelada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish tonelada (“ton”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /toneˈlada/ [t̪o.n̪ɛˈlaː.d̪ɐ] Rhymes: -ada Syllabification: to‧ne‧la‧da === Noun === tonelada (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈᜒᜎᜇ) ton (unit of weight) ==== Derived terms ==== tone-tonelada ==== Related terms ==== tonelahe === Anagrams === adelanto