polegada

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noun

A traditional Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 2.8 cm.

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Portuguese inchinch
OriginPortuguese polegada ← Vulgar Latin *pollicāta ← Latin pollicāris →
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Meanings

nounpolegada (plural polegadas)

plural polegadas · alternative pollegada

  1. historicalmeasureA traditional Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 2.8 cm.

    Synonyms: Portuguese inch, inch

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA traditional Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 2.8 cm.

Similar
Portuguese inchinch

Origin

  1. Latinpollicāris“of or related to a thumb”
  2. Vulgar Latin*pollicāta
  3. Portuguesepolegada“inch”
  4. Englishpolegada

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.

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APA

polegada. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polegada

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“polegada.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polegada. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polegada,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polegada.

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