acre

noun adjective AH-kreh Rare

Origin: Old English æcer (field) for the unit; Latin acer (sharp/pungent) for the adjective sense

Also means

acrid

Usage Note

Acre has two distinct lives in Spanish: as a masculine noun it is the land-measurement unit (one acre ≈ 0.4 hectares), used in agricultural and real-estate contexts. As an adjective it means sharp or acrid in taste or smell — un olor acre (a pungent smell). The two senses share spelling but differ in gender and usage.

Examples

"La finca tiene diez acres de terreno."

Natural Translation

The farm has ten acres of land.

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