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Definition: Arroba |
ArrobaNoun1. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries. 2. A liquid measure (with different values) used in some Spanish speaking countries. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "arroba" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1637. (references) |
Etymology: Arroba \Ar*ro"ba\, noun. [from Spanish expression and Pg., from Ar. arrub, ar-rubu, fourth part.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Gravity | Weighing, ponderation, trutination; weights; avoirdupois weight, troy weight, apothecaries' weight; grain, scruple, drachma, ounce, pound, lb, arroba, load, stone, hundredweight, cwt, ton, long ton, metric ton, quintal, carat, pennyweight, tod. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Arroba |
| Non-English Usage: "Arroba" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (arroba, snail), Spanish (atpersand, snail). |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
arroba | 8 |
arroba com imagens o simbolo | 3 |
arroba es que | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "arroba"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Portuguese | arroba (snail). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "arroba": arrobas. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "arroba": algarroba. (additional references) | |
Words containing "arroba": algarrobas. (additional references) | |
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"Arroba" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aprobe, Arabah, Arba, Aregba, Ariba, aroa, arobat, arobe, Aroua, Arova, arrobe, arrobic, Arrobo, Arruda, aruba, Raroia, Warioba, zariba. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "arroba" (pronounced 'Ar*ro"ba'): Abba, Algaroba, Amoeba, Araba, Baba, Caaba, Calumba, Carnauba, Columba, Coscoroba, Dagoba, Gamba, Gleba, Koolokamba, marimba, Mustaiba, Peba, tuba, Yerba, Zareba. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-o-r-r" | |
-1 letter: arbor. | |
-2 letters: boar, bora, orra, roar. | |
-3 letters: aba, abo, arb, baa, bar, boa, bra, bro, brr, oar, ora, orb, rob. | |
-4 letters: aa, ab, ar, ba, bo, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-o-r-r" | |
+1 letter: araroba, arrobas, carbora, rasbora. | |
+2 letters: ararobas, arboreal, arboreta, barogram, barranco, barrator, carboras, garboard, labrador, larboard, rasboras. | |
+3 letters: aerobrake, algarroba, barbarous, barcarole, barograms, barograph, barracoon, barrancos, barrators, barricado, carbonara, cardboard, dartboard, garboards, harborage, hardboard, labradors, larboards, razorback, starboard. | |
+4 letters: aberration, abstractor, aerobraked, aerobrakes, algarrobas, arbitrator, arboreally, arborvitae, astarboard, barcaroles, barcarolle, bardolater, bardolatry, bargeboard, barographs, barracoons, barracouta, brachiator, breadboard, calibrator, carabinero, carbonaras, cardboards, dartboards, fabricator, handbarrow, harborages, hardboards, kookaburra, laboratory, narrowband, paperboard, razorbacks, starboards. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 72 72 6F 62 61 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-. .-. --- -... .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110010 01110010 01101111 01100010 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A r r o b a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0072 0072 006F 0062 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)358484816867 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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