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noun a unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries
noun a liquid measure (with different values) used in some Spanish speaking countries
originFrom Spanish and Portuguese arroba, from Old Spanish arroua and Old Galician-Portuguese arrova, from Andalusian Arabic and Arabic اَلرُّبْع (ar-rubʕ, “one-fourth”) in reference to its making up one fourth of a quintal.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0