la
feminine
/toneˈlaða/
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Translation
tonne, ton
Word origin
From tonel ('cask, barrel'), a large wine barrel, plus the suffix -ada; the unit of weight began as the load one such cask represented. English 'ton' and 'tonne' come from the same barrel word.
- Origin
- Spanish
- Root
- tonel
- English cognates
- ton, tonne, tunnel
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluraltoneladas
Examples
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The lorry is carrying a tonne of sand.
ballena .
The whale weighs several tonnes.
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They collected tonnes of rubbish on the beach.
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I have a tonne of work this week!
equivale .
A tonne is equal to a thousand kilos.
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