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Old Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic رُبْع (rubʕ, “fourth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
arroua f (plural arrouas)
- 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.
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