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- Portuguese · borrowed fromquintalejo
- English todayquintalejo
From Portuguese quintalejo, from quintal (“Portuguese hundredweight”) + -ejo (“-cule: forming diminutives”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
quintalejo
Today it means: A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 29.4 kg. Full definition →
Portuguese quintalejo