arroua

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Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic رُبْع (rubʕ, fourth).

Pronunciation

Noun

arroua f (plural arrouas)

  1. arroba (Spanish unit of weight)
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 25r:
      Et fallan dellas muy grandes aſſi que dixo el que compuſo eſte libro que uio una que peſaua dos arrouas. ⁊ pero era muy liuiana ſegund ſu grandez.
      And they find them in great sizes, so the writer of this book said that he saw one that weighed two arrobas, but it was very light for its size.

Descendants

  • Spanish: arroba