Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arroba

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables: ar-ro-ba
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional Spanish unit of mass, varying by time, location, and substance but generally around 11.5 kilograms.

noun

A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 14.7 kilograms.

noun

A traditional Spanish unit of liquid measure, varying by time, location, and substance but generally around 15 liters.

Etymology

From Spanish and Portuguese arroba, from Old Spanish arroua and Old Galician-Portuguese arrova, from Andalusian Arabic and Arabic اَلرُّبْع (ar-rubʕ, “one-fourth”) in reference to its making up one fourth of a quintal.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: ر ب ع, -, arroba, arroua, arrova, ربع

Inflected Forms

arrobas (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

libra (1⁄25 arroba) quintal (4 arrobas) tonelada (80 arrobas) arratel (1⁄32 arroba) quintalejo (2 arrobas) tonelada (54 arrobas)

Questions

What does arroba mean?: A traditional Spanish unit of mass, varying by time, location, and substance but generally around 11.5 kilograms.
Where does arroba come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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