yugada

English

Alternative forms

• ungada

Etymology

From Spanish yugada, from yugo (“yoke”) + -ada (“-ful”), from Latin iugum. Compare Latin iugerum (“juger”).

Noun

yugada (plural yugadas)

1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of land area, equivalent to about 32.2 ha.

Synonyms

• Spanish yoke, yoke (Spanish contexts)

Coordinate terms

• celemin (¹⁄₆₀₀ yugada), aranzada (¹⁄₇₂ yugada), fanega (¹⁄₅₀ yugada), caballeria (1+¹⁄₅ yugada)

Spanish

Etymology

From yugo (“yoke”) +‎ -ada (“-ful”), from Latin iugum. Compare Latin iugerum (“juger”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝuˈɡada/ [ɟ͡ʝuˈɣ̞a.ð̞a]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝuˈɡada/ [ɟ͡ʝuˈɣ̞a.ð̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃuˈɡada/ [ʃuˈɣ̞a.ð̞a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒuˈɡada/ [ʒuˈɣ̞a.ð̞a]

• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: yu‧ga‧da

Noun

yugada f (plural yugadas)

1. yoke (team of draft animals yoked together to pull a plow)
2. (historical) yugada, Spanish yoke (a traditional unit of area equivalent to about 32.2 ha)

Coordinate terms

• celemín (¹⁄₆₀₀ yugada), aranzada (¹⁄₇₂ yugada), fanega (¹⁄₅₀ yugada), caballería (1+¹⁄₅ yugada)

Further reading

• “yugada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28