- The
almude is an
obsolete Portuguese unit of
measurement of
volume used in Portugal,
Brazil and
other parts of the
Portuguese Empire. Etymologically, it...
-
alqueire = 1/6
almude). Some of
other units are
provided below: 1
canada = 1⁄12
almude 1 moio = 10
almudes 1 pipa = 12
almudes 1
tonel = 30
almudes. The cargueiro...
-
arroba (Arabic: rub),
quintal (Arabic: qintar),
alqueire (Arabic: kayl),
almude (Arabic: mudd),
fanega (Arabic: faniqa),
cafiz (Arabic: qafiz), etc. The...
- in the
south of the country.
Fundamental units like the
alqueire and the
almude were
imported by the
northwest of
Portugal in the 11th century,
before the...
-
varied according to the
nature of the
measured good. In
Portugal the name
almude was used and
their values were much
larger than the
Spanish ones. It is...
- ('hairy'). EXCEPTIONS: For
etymological reasons, some
words such as
almud ('
almude'),
fluid ('fluid'), fred ('cold'), sud ('South');
Alfred ('Alfred'), Conrad...
- defined. Some
units included: 1 sahh = 56 L 1
fanega = 56 L 1 mudd = 14 L 1
almude = 14 L. Cardarelli, F. (2003).
Encyclopaedia of
Scientific Units, Weights...
- paid 3$000 réis annually, for 3.5
almudes of
olive oil, two
alqueires for
wheat for
sacramental bread dand two
almudes of wine for the cruet. In 1706, during...
- and liquid, were used to
measure capacity. One
fanega was 288 L and one
almude was 1⁄12 fanega.
Several units were used to
measure liquid capacity. One...
-
defined as 4
octavillos or 1/4
almude and
contains 1.156 L ≈ 1.222 qt(US) (liquid) ≈ 1.017 qt(Imp) 1
fanega = 12
almudes = 48
cuartillos ≈ 55.50 L ≈ 1...
