ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Fanega

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Fanega is a noun meaning (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, chiefly used for grain and roughly equivalent to a bushel.

Meaning

(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, chiefly used for grain and roughly equivalent to a bushel.

More Meanings

  1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of farmland able to be sown with a fanega of seed.
  2. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of area, formalized as equivalent to about 6440 m².

Word Forms

Synonyms for fanega

Depending on context, synonyms include fanegada, bushel.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fanegada, fanga, ferrado, fardel, fust, fodder.

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