acres
/akɾes/from spelling rules
The Spanish word for "acres" is acres.
acres is a unit of land measurement used primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How does it change in a sentence?
The word acres is the plural form. It follows standard Spanish gender and number agreement for masculine nouns. The singular form of the word is acre.
How do you pronounce it?
/akɾes/
Did you know?
- In many Latin American countries, you might encounter the word manzana to describe a plot of land. Although it literally means 'apple', in a land context it refers to a city block or a specific parcel of land, the size of which is not standardized.
- While acre is understood in technical contexts, many Spanish speakers in rural areas use the word caballería. This term refers to the amount of land a horse could plow in a day and varies by region.
- In historical agricultural contexts in Spain and parts of Latin America, the term fanega might appear. While often used to measure volume for grain, it has historically been used to measure the area of land a person could sow in a certain time.
Examples in context
- Cada año, veintisiete millones de acres de los bosques tropicales son destruidos.Each year, twenty-seven million acres of the tropical rainforests are destroyed.This sentence shows how to express the destruction of a specific number of acres within tropical rainforests.Tatoeba #3141953 by cueyayotl, translation #322452 by CK
- En 2020, hasta principios de octubre, se quemaron en incendios forestales en California 4 millones de acres, un área mayor que la de Connecticut.In 2020, up to early October, 4 million acres in California were burned in wildfires, more than the size of Connecticut.This sentence illustrates the use of acres when describing the area burned by wildfires in California.Tatoeba #10198199 by Seael, translation #10198200 by DJ_Saidez
- El terreno que compramos tiene cincuenta acres.The land we bought has fifty acres.
Example conversation
Sofía and Alejandro are discussing a piece of land they want to buy.
- Sofía¿Cuántos acres tiene esta propiedad?How many acres does this property have?
- AlejandroTiene aproximadamente veinte acres, Sofía.It has approximately twenty acres, Sofia.
- SofíaMe parece que son acres suficientes para nosotros.I think those are enough acres for us.
- AlejandroSí, es un espacio muy amplio.Yes, it is a very large space.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
