toesa

From Spanish and Portuguese toesa, from French toise. Doublet of toise.

toesa (plural toesas)

1. (historical) Synonym of estado, Spanish toise or fathom, a traditional unit of length, equivalent to about 1.67 m.
2. (historical) The Portuguese toise, a traditional unit of length, equivalent to about 2 m.

• (Portuguese unit): polegada (¹⁄₇₂ toesa), palmo (¹⁄₉ toesa), Portuguese foot (¹⁄₆ toesa), vara (⁵⁄₉ toesa), passo (⁵⁄₆ toesa), braça (1+¹⁄₉ toesas)

From French toise.

toesa (plural toesas)

1. (historical) toesa, Portuguese toise, a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 2 m

• polegada (¹⁄₇₂ toesa), palmo (¹⁄₉ toesa), pé (¹⁄₆ toesa), vara (⁵⁄₉ toesa), passo (⁵⁄₆ toesa), braça (1+¹⁄₉ toesas)

• milha, légua

From French toise, q.v.

• IPA^(key): /toˈesa/ [t̪oˈe.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: to‧e‧sa

toesa f (plural toesas)

1. (historical) Synonym of estado, Spanish toise or fathom, a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 1.67 m
2. (historical) toise, similar units in other systems of measurement

• “toesa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014