fanega
Syllables: fa·ne·ga
fanega noun: a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, chiefly used for grain and roughly equivalent to a bushel.
Noun
fanega (plural fanegas)
- A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, chiefly used for grain and roughly equivalent to a bushel.
- A traditional Spanish unit of area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of farmland able to be sown with a fanega of seed.
- A traditional Spanish unit of area, formalized as equivalent to about 6440 m².
Synonyms of fanega
Forms of fanega
| plural | fanegas |
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Origin of fanega
From Spanish fanega, from Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (faníqa, “sack”), from Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqa).
Questions about fanega
- What does fanega mean?
- Fanega means a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, chiefly used for grain and roughly equivalent to a bushel.
- What part of speech is fanega?
- Fanega is a noun.
- What is the plural of fanega?
- The plural of fanega is fanegas.
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