# tonelada
## English
### Alternative forms

* tonnelada (chiefly for the Portuguese unit)

### Etymology

From Portuguese and Spanish tonelada, from tonel (“tun”) + -ada (“-ful”), from Old French tonel (“little tun, cask”), from tone + -el (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Late Latin tunna (“tun”), from Proto-Celtic *tunna (“hide, skin”).

### Noun

tonelada (plural toneladas)
* (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 920 kg.
* (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, equivalent to about 793 kg.

#### Synonyms

* (Spanish unit): Spanish ton, ton (Spanish contexts)
* (Portuguese unit): Portuguese ton, ton (Portuguese contexts)

#### Coordinate terms

* (Spanish unit): libra ($^1$⁄$_{2000}$ tonelada), arroba ($^1$⁄$_{80}$ tonelada), quintal ($^1$⁄$_{20}$ tonelada)
* (Portuguese unit): arratel ($^1$⁄$_{1728}$ tonelada), arroba ($^1$⁄$_{54}$ tonelada), quintalejo ($^1$⁄$_{27}$ tonelada), quintal ($^2$⁄$_{27}$ tonelada)

## Galician
### Etymology

From tonel (“tun”) +‎ -ada (“-ful”), from Old French tonel (“little tun, cask”), from tone + -el (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Late Latin tunna (“tun”), from Proto-Celtic *tunna (“hide, skin”). Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish tonelada.

### Noun

tonelada f (plural toneladas)
* metric ton, a unit of mass equal to exactly 1000 kg
    Synonyms: tonelada métrica, megagramo
* English or American ton, a unit of mass equivalent to about 1016 or 907 kg respectively
* (historical) tonelada, Spanish ton, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 920 kg

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* tonnelada (obsolete)

### Etymology

From tonel (“tun”) +‎ -ada (“-ful”), from Old Galician-Portuguese tonel, from Old French tonel (“little tun, cask”), from tone + -el (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Late Latin tunna (“tun”), from Proto-Celtic *tunna (“hide, skin”). In reference to the English unit, calqued from English ton. Doublet of tunel. Cognate with Galician and Spanish tonelada.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /to.neˈla.dɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /to.neˈla.dɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /to.neˈla.da/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tu.nɨˈla.dɐ/ [tu.nɨˈla.ðɐ]
* Hyphenation: to‧ne‧la‧da

### Noun

tonelada f (plural toneladas)
* metric ton, a unit of mass equal to 1000 kg
* British or American ton, a unit of mass equal to 20 hundredweight, 2,240 or 2,000 pounds
* (historical) tonelada, a traditional unit of mass, usually equivalent to 793 kg
* caskful, a notional unit of mass indicating the full contents of any tun, cask, &c.

#### Synonyms

* (metric unit): megagrama, tonelada métrica

#### Coordinate terms

* (metric unit): miligrama (0.001 g), grama (1 g), decagrama (0.01 kg), hectograma (0.1 kg), quilograma (1 kg), miriagrama (10 kg), quintal métrico (100 kg)
* (English unit): libra ($^1$⁄$_{2240}$ or $^1$⁄$_{2000}$ tonelada)
* (Portuguese unit): arrátel ($^1$⁄$_{1728}$ tonelada), arroba ($^1$⁄$_{54}$ tonelada), quintalejo ($^1$⁄$_{27}$ tonelada), quintal ($^2$⁄$_{27}$ tonelada)

#### Derived terms

* tonelada americana
* tonelada curta
* tonelada de arqueação
* tonelada inglesa
* tonelada longa

#### Related terms

* tonel
* tonelagem

## Spanish
### Etymology

From tonel (“tun”) +‎ -ada (“-ful”), from Old French tonel (“little tun, cask”), from tone + -el (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Late Latin tunna (“tun”), from Proto-Celtic *tunna (“hide, skin”). In reference to the English unit, calqued from English ton. Cognate with Galician and Portuguese tonelada.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /toneˈlada/ [t̪o.neˈla.ð̞a]
* Rhymes: -ada
* Syllabification: to‧ne‧la‧da

### Noun

tonelada f (plural toneladas)
* metric ton (a unit of mass equal to exactly 1000 kg)
    Synonyms: tonelada métrica, megagramo
* English or American ton (a unit of mass equivalent to about 1016 or 907 kg respectively)
* (historical) tonelada, Spanish ton (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 920 kg)

#### Coordinate terms

* (English unit): libra ($^1$⁄$_{2240}$ or $^1$⁄$_{2000}$ tonelada)
* (Spanish unit): libra ($^1$⁄$_{2000}$ tonelada), arroba ($^1$⁄$_{80}$ tonelada), quintal ($^1$⁄$_{20}$ tonelada)

### Further reading

* “tonelada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tonelada (“ton”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /toneˈlada/ [t̪o.n̪ɛˈlaː.d̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ada
* Syllabification: to‧ne‧la‧da

### Noun

tonelada (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈᜒᜎᜇ)
* ton (unit of weight)

#### Derived terms

* tone-tonelada

#### Related terms

* tonelahe

### Anagrams

* adelanto