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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[Sp. and Pg., from Ar.

arrub

ar-rubu

, a fourth part.]

A Spanish weight used in Mexico and South America = 25.36 lbs. avoir.; also, an old Portuguese weight, used in Brazil = 32.38 lbs. avoir.

A Spanish liquid measure for wine = 3.54 imp. gallons, and for oil = 2.78 imp. gallons.

Noun.

A weight in Portugal of thirty two pounds; in Spain, of twenty five pounds. Also a Spanish measure of thirty two Spanish pints.

See also: arroba

arrobá

(Latin America) Informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative form of arrobar.