fanega

f.

fanega, agricultural unit of capacity.

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fanega

► nombre femenino

1 (medida de grano - en Castilla) unit of dry measure equivalent to 55.5 litres or 1.58 bushels; (- en Aragón) unit of dry measure equivalent to 22.4 litres or 0.64 bushels

2 (medida de superficie) unit of area equivalent to 6,460 square metres or 1.59 acres

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SF

1) grain measure (in Spain 1.58 bushels, in Mexico 2.57 bushels, in the S. Cone 3.89 bushels)

2) land measure (in Spain 1.59 acres, in the Caribbean 1.73 acres)

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femenino

a) (de capacidad) unit of capacity (= 22.5 liters or, in some regions, 55.5)

b) (de superficie) unit of area (= 0.66 hectares)

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= bushel.

Nota: Medida poco utilizada hoy día para medir áridos y cuyo peso varía de región a región.

Ex. With a flail, one man could thresh 7 bushels of wheat, 8 of rye, 15 of barley, 18 of oats, or 20 of buckwheat in a day.

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femenino

a) (de capacidad) unit of capacity (= 22.5 liters or, in some regions, 55.5)

b) (de superficie) unit of area (= 0.66 hectares)

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= bushel.

Nota: Medida poco utilizada hoy día para medir áridos y cuyo peso varía de región a región.

Ex: With a flail, one man could thresh 7 bushels of wheat, 8 of rye, 15 of barley, 18 of oats, or 20 of buckwheat in a day.

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fanega

feminine

1 (de capacidad) unit of capacity (= 22.5 liters or, in some regions, 55.5)

2 (de superficie) unit of area (= 0.66 hectares)

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fanega nf

1. [medida de capacidad] = grain measure which varies from region to region

2. [medida de superficie] = unit of area equivalent to 1.59 acres or 0.66 hectares