pulgadas
plural
In Mexican Spanish "inches" are pulgadas, and one inch is a pulgada. Mexico uses the metric system, so pulgadas appear mainly for screens, tires and some tools.
Meaning: unit of length (noun)
Ways to say it
| Spanish | Note |
|---|---|
| pulgadas | plural |
| pulgada | singular |
You say una pantalla de 50 pulgadas for a 50 inch TV. For clothes and everyday distances people use centímetros and metros.
How does it change in a sentence?
Pulgada is feminine. One inch is about 2.54 centímetros.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Pulgar is the thumb, from the same root. Do not mix up pulgada with pulgar.
Did you know?
- The word pulgada comes from pulgar, because an inch was once measured as the width of a thumb.
Examples in context
- Quiero una televisión de 55 pulgadas.I want a 55 inch television.
- La llanta es de 16 pulgadas.The tire is 16 inches.
- Mide tres pulgadas de largo.It is three inches long.
Example conversation
Gabriel asks a salesperson named Mariana about a television in a store in Cuernavaca.
- Gabriel¿De cuántas pulgadas es esta pantalla?How many inches is this screen?
- MarianaDe cincuenta y cinco pulgadas.Fifty-five inches.
- Gabriel¿Y la otra?And the other one?
