ferrado

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English

Etymology

From Galician ferrado, from Medieval Latin modius ferrātus (“reinforced modius”), from Latin ferrātus (“ironed”), from ferrum (“iron”) + -ātus (“-ate”).

Noun

ferrado (plural ferrados)

  1. (historical) A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 12–18 L depending on the substance measured.
  2. (historical) A trapezoidal measuring cup once used for measuring ferrados of grain.
  3. (historical) A traditional Galician unit of mass equal to the amount held by a ferrado, varying from about 12–20 kg depending on the substance measured.
  4. (historical) A traditional Galician unit of land area reckoned as the amount needed to sow a ferrado of seed, varying from 64–725 m² in different parts of Galicia.

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

  • (unit of volume): cuartillo (1/24 ferrado), cunca (1/12 ferrado), cuarta (¼ ferrado), esca (½ ferrado), fanega (5 ferrados)
  • (unit of mass): esca (½ ferrado)
  • (unit of area): cunca (1/12 ferrado)

Galician

Ferrado

Etymology

From Latin ferrātus (“ironed”), from ferrum (“iron”) + -ātus (“-ate”). As units of measure, from a clipping of Medieval Latin modius ferrātus. Although sometimes considered equivalent to the Spanish celemín, in fact typically about twice as large except as a unit of area.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ferrado (feminine ferrada, masculine plural ferrados, feminine plural ferradas)

  1. shod, fitted with horseshoes
    • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 65:
      Nota que quando O potro for mais Nouo et mais çedo ferrado, tanto auera as huñas molles et mais fraqas, porque o huso dandar sem ferraduras crja as huñas mais duras
      Note that the sooner that the colt is horseshoed, the softer and weaker that their hooves will be, because walking with no horseshoe make the hooves stronger
  2. reinforced, strengthened with interior or exterior iron or steel supports

Derived terms

Participle

ferrado (feminine ferrada, masculine plural ferrados, feminine plural ferradas)

  1. past participle of ferrar

Related terms

Noun

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ferrado m (plural ferrados)

  1. (historical) ferrado, a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 12–18 L
    • 1291, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 78:
      oyto fanegas de ligoyma entre fuas et eruellas et ii ferrados de noses
      eight fanegas of legume, both beans and peas, and two ferrados of chestnuts
    • 1449, José-Luis Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 374:
      o dicto moesteiro abia tres moyos ferrados de pan en a dicta iglesia de Buyercos en cada hun anno
      the aforementioned monastery has right to three reinforced modii of cereals in the aforementioned church of Buxercos, per uyear
  2. (historical) ferrado, a trapezoidal box formerly used for measuring ferrados of grain
  3. (historical) ferrado, a traditional unit of mass equal to the amount of a substance held by a ferrado, varying from about 12–20 kg depending on each substance's density, irregularity, &c.
  4. (historical) ferrado, a traditional unit of land area reckoned as the amount of land that could be sown with a ferrado of seed, varying from 64–725 m² in different parts of Galicia

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

  • (units of volume, mass, and area): cuartillo (1⁄24 ferrado), cunca (1⁄12 ferrado), escá (1⁄2 ferrado), fanega (5 ferrados)

References

  • “ferrado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “ferrado” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “ferrado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “ferrado” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “ferrado” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.


Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: fer‧ra‧do

Adjective

ferrado (feminine ferrada, masculine plural ferrados, feminine plural ferradas)

  1. shod, fitted with horseshoes
  2. (Brazil, slang) screwed, beset with an difficult or impossible situation

Related terms

Participle

ferrado (feminine ferrada, masculine plural ferrados, feminine plural ferradas)

  1. past participle of ferrar

Spanish

Participle

ferrado (feminine ferrada, masculine plural ferrados, feminine plural ferradas)

  1. past participle of ferrar
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