# mesura
## Aragonese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin mēnsūra.

### Noun

mesura f (plural mesuras)
* measurement

### References

* Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “mesura”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan mesura, from Latin mēnsūra.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [məˈzu.ɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [meˈzu.ɾa]

#### Noun

mesura f (plural mesures)
* measurement
    Synonyms: mesurament, mesuratge
* measure (move towards a goal)
    Synonym: mitjà
    No es van prendre mesures per evitar-ho.No measures were taken to avoid it.
* measure (receptacle for measuring)
* (figurative) moderation, restraint
    Synonym: moderació

##### Derived terms

* a mesura que
* desmesura
* en la mesura que
* omplir la mesura
* ultra mesura

##### Related terms

* mesurar

#### References

* “mesura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “mesura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “mesura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “mesura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

mesura
* inflection of mesurar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## French
### Verb

mesura
* third-person singular past historic of mesurer

### Anagrams

* amuser, masure, Maures, maures, mueras, musera, remuas, résuma, ruâmes

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mesura, from Latin mensūra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [meˈsuɾɐ]

### Noun

mesura f (plural mesuras)
* moderation, restraint
* affectation; flattery
** 1812, Antonio Benito Fandiño, A Casamenteira:"!Ai qu'engañadiña estás! Non te creas de baiuras, nin de quen faga mesuras, que a culpa tivoa o rapaz."Ah, you're so wrong! Don't believe in tricks nor in who say flatteries, because the blame is on the boy!

#### Related terms

* desmesura
* desmesurado
* medir
* mesurado
* sen mesura

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mesura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mesura”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mesura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mesura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Interlingua
### Noun

mesura (plural mesuras)
* measure, intervention, approach
* measure, extent

## Ladin
### Etymology

From Latin mensura.

### Noun

mesura f (plural mesures)
* measure (all senses); rule
* dose

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /meˈsuɾa/ [meˈsu.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -uɾa
* Syllabification: me‧su‧ra

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin mēnsūra (“measurement”).

#### Noun

mesura f (plural mesuras)
* measurement; restraint

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

mesura
* inflection of mesurar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “mesura”, 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