arroba
noun
arroba is spelled A-R-R-O-B-A: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, arroba means “A traditional Spanish unit of mass, varying by time, location, and substance but generally around 11.5 kilograms” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of arroba is arrobas.
How many letters and syllables are in arroba?
| Letters | 6: A-R-R-O-B-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 55 million words; the 231,291st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is arroba?
Arroba appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of arroba
- arrobas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does arroba mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A traditional Spanish unit of mass, varying by time, location, and substance but generally around 11.5 kilograms.
- 2
A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 14.7 kilograms.
- 3
A traditional Spanish unit of liquid measure, varying by time, location, and substance but generally around 15 liters.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Arroba in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense traditional Spanish and Portuguese unit of mass:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does arroba come from?
From Spanish and Portuguese arroba, from Old Spanish arroua and Old Galician-Portuguese arrova, from Andalusian Arabic and Arabic اَلرُّبْع (ar-rubʕ, “one-fourth”) in reference to its making up one fourth of a quintal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).