toesa

English

Etymology

From Spanish and Portuguese toesa, from French toise. Doublet of toise.

Noun

toesa (plural toesas)

1. (historical) Synonym of estado, Spanish toise or fathom, a traditional unit of length, equivalent to about 1.67 m.
2. (historical) The Portuguese toise, a traditional unit of length, equivalent to about 2 m.

Coordinate terms

• (Portuguese unit): polegada (¹⁄₇₂ toesa), palmo (¹⁄₉ toesa), Portuguese foot (¹⁄₆ toesa), vara (⁵⁄₉ toesa), passo (⁵⁄₆ toesa), braça (1+¹⁄₉ toesas)

Anagrams

• stoæ, ostea, Ateso, stoae, toeas, Oates, SEATO

Portuguese

Etymology

From French toise.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈe.zɐ/, /tuˈe.zɐ/ [tʊˈe.zɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈtwe.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈe.zɐ/, /tuˈe.zɐ/ [tʊˈe.zɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈtwe.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈe.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtwe.zɐ/

Noun

toesa f (plural toesas)

1. (historical) toesa, Portuguese toise, a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 2 m

Coordinate terms

• polegada (¹⁄₇₂ toesa), palmo (¹⁄₉ toesa), pé (¹⁄₆ toesa), vara (⁵⁄₉ toesa), passo (⁵⁄₆ toesa), braça (1+¹⁄₉ toesas)

See also

• milha, légua

Further reading

• “toesa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “toesa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French toise, q.v.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈesa/ [t̪oˈe.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: to‧e‧sa

Noun

toesa f (plural toesas)

1. (historical) synonym of estado, Spanish toise or fathom (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 1.67 m)
2. (historical) toise (similar units in other systems of measurement)

Further reading

• “toesa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025