pulgada
Spanish, noun/pulˈɡada/
pulgada is spelled P-U-L-G-A-D-A (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 24,753rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pulgada is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “English or American inch (a unit of length equal to 2.54 cm)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Unidad de longitud que en un principio correspondía a la medida promedio de la primera falange del pulgar de…”.
What does pulgada mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineEnglish or American inch (a unit of length equal to 2.54 cm)
- 2
femininepulgada, Spanish inch (a former unit of length equivalent to about 2.3 cm)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unidad de longitud que en un principio correspondía a la medida promedio de la primera falange del pulgar de un hombre adulto. Ha sido estandarizada de diversos modos, pero la de uso más común equivale a 2.54 centímetros y a la doceava parte de un pie.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pulgada
- pulgadas plural
- pulg alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pulgada?
- /pulˈɡada/
- [pulˈɣ̞a.ð̞a]
- [pulˈɣ̞að̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pulgada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pulgada in Spanish?
pulgada appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).