fanega

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fanega.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fa‧ne‧ga

Noun

fanega (plural fanegas)

1. Any of various units of dry capacity, mass and land area used in Spain and the Spanish-speaking world; originally a unit of dry capacity used for grain.
2. A former unit of area, the amount of land that would be sown with a fanega of seed.

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈneɡa/, [faˈneɣa]
• Hyphenation: fa‧ne‧ga

Noun

fanega f (plural fanegas)

1. fanega (Measure of grain) (in Castile, it was equivalent to roughly 12 Imperial bushels or 55.5 liters)
2. fanega (Measure of land) (the amount of land that could be sewn with one fanega of seed)
3. bushel

Further reading

• “fanega” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
• fanega at Sizes.com