arrobe

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

arrobe

from the Spanish arroba, which designated a unit of weight, in turn derived from the Arabic ar roub, 'the quarter' because this unit of weight represented a quarter of a quintal (equivalent to 100 pounds), a unit of approximately fifty kilograms.

Definitions

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Synonyms

Plural

arrobes

Translations

  • englishenglish:at sign
  • spanishspanish:arroba

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