Today's
word is: Tonelada
Clase: sustantivo
(noun)
Género: femenino (feminine)
Origen: francés (French)
In Spanish, “tonelada” is a feminine noun of French origin which means tonne or ton and is used as in:
- El precio por tonelada ha subido (the price per tonne/ ton has increased)
In Spanish, the noun
“tonelada” may also be
used in a figurative sense, as in:
- Ese diccionario pesa una tonelada (that dictionary weighs a tonne/ ton)
Some
Spanish expressions with the word “tonelada”
are:
- Tonelada de arqueo (unit of capacity = 2.83 cubic meters)
- Tonelada métrica (metric tonne/ ton = 1000 kg)
- Tonelada seca (dry tonne/ ton)
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