Today's
word is: "milla" = mile
In
Spanish, “milla”
is a feminine noun of Latin origin, the meaning of which is mile,
as in:
- La milla es una unidad de longitud (the mile is a unit of length);
A
related word is “nudo”,
a noun which in English means a knot,
as in:
- El nudo es una unidad de velocidad de navegación (a knot is a unit of nautical speed);
- Un nudo equivale a una milla náutica por hora (a knot equals a nautical mile per hour);
Some
Spanish expressions with the word “milla”
are:
- Milla marina (nautical mile)
- La milla marina equivale a un poco menos de 1,9 kilómetros (a marine/ nautical mile equals just under 1.9 kilometres);
- Milla náutica (nautical mile)
- La milla náutica equivale a un poco menos de 1,9 kilómetros (a nautical mile equals just under 1.9 kilometres);
- Milla romana (Roman mile)
- La milla romana equivalía a un poco menos de 1,5 kilómetros (a Roman mile equalled just under 1.5 kilometres);
- Milla terrestre (statue mile/ land mile)
- La milla terrestre equivale a un poco más de 1,6 kilómetros (a statue mile/ land mile equals just over 1.6 kilometres);
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "milla" in the YouTube clip: Ilse,Ivonne y Mimi - 20 Millas (1Fila: En Vivo)
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