Kilo Lingo

la

feminine

/pulˈɣaða/

Line drawing of pulgada
Coloured illustration of pulgada
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Translation

inch

Word origin

From pulgar ('thumb'), from Latin pollicaris, from pollex ('thumb'). Like the English 'inch' via Latin uncia, the unit was based on the width of a thumb.

Origin
Latin
Root
pollex
English cognates
pollex

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralpulgadas

Examples

pantalla mide treinta .

The screen measures thirty inches.

equivale centímetros.

One inch is equal to two point five centimetres.

tabla .

The board is one inch wider than I need.

cedió discusión.

He did not give an inch in the argument.

¿ ?

How many inches is your new television?

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This word is part of lesson 82.