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quintal

/ˈkwɪntəl/

Meanings
noun

Quintal

(historical except India) A measure of weight originally equal to a hundred pounds; later, a hundredweight.

Examples :

"The farmer sold his wheat crop for 15 quintals, earning a good profit. "
El agricultor vendió su cosecha de trigo por 15 quintales, obteniendo una buena ganancia.
mass amount unit history economy

Related Words

Illustration except

except verb

/ɪkˈsɛpt/ /ɛkˈsɛpt/

Exceptuar, excluir

"The teacher except for students who already completed the project. "

El profesor exceptuó a los estudiantes que ya habían completado el proyecto.

Illustration measure

measure noun

/ˈmɛʒə/ /ˈmɛʒɚ/

Medida

"The recipe calls for a precise measure of baking soda. "

La receta requiere una medida precisa de bicarbonato de sodio.

Illustration earning

earning verb

/ˈɜːrnɪŋ/ /ˈɜːnɪŋ/

Ganar, obtener

"Maria is earning good grades in math by studying hard every day. "

María está obteniendo buenas notas en matemáticas estudiando mucho todos los días.

Illustration originally

originally adverb

/əˈɹɪdʒnəli/

Originalmente, inicialmente

"Originally, this paper was white, but over the years it has yellowed with age."

Originalmente, este papel era blanco, pero con los años se ha amarilleado por la edad.

Illustration weight

weight noun

/weɪt/

Peso, materia

"The weight of the textbooks in my backpack felt heavy. "

El peso de los libros de texto en mi mochila se sentía pesado.

Illustration historical

historical noun

/hɪˈstɒɹɪkəl/ /hɪˈstɔːɹɪkəl/

Novela histórica

"The historical romance novel was a bestseller in the bookstore. "

La novela histórica fue un éxito de ventas en la librería.

Illustration pounds

pounds noun

/paʊndz/

Libra

"The recipe calls for two pounds of flour. "

La receta requiere dos libras de harina.

Illustration quintals

quintals noun

/ˈkwɪntəlz/

Quintal

"The farmer harvested several quintals of wheat from his field. "

El granjero cosechó varios quintales de trigo de su campo.

Illustration potatoes

potatoes noun

/pəˈteɪtəʊz/ /pəˈteɪtoʊz/

Patatas, papas

"My family planted potatoes in our garden this spring. "

Mi familia plantó patatas en nuestro jardín esta primavera.

Illustration kilograms

kilograms noun

/ˈkɪləˌɡræmz/ /ˈkɪloʊˌɡræmz/

Kilogramo

"The bag of potatoes weighs five kilograms. "

La bolsa de patatas pesa cinco kilogramos.

Illustration hundredweight

hundredweight noun

/ˈhʌndrədweɪt/ /ˈhʌndrɪdweɪt/

Quintal

"The farmer sold several hundredweight of potatoes at the market. "

El granjero vendió varios quintales de patatas en el mercado.

Illustration hundred

hundred noun

/ˈhʌndɚd/

Billete de cien dólares, billete de cien euros

"My grandmother gave me a hundred dollars for my birthday. "

Mi abuela me dio cien dólares para mi cumpleaños.