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cahíz

  • [kaˈis] seseante
  • [kaˈiθ] no seseante

Rhymes with is, iθ

Where it comes from

Del castellano antiguo cafiz, del árabe قَفِيز (qafiz).

noun cahíces

  1. outdated, Pesos y medidas Medida de capacidad para áridos, de distinta cabida según las regiones. La de Castilla tiene 12 fanegas y equivale a 666 litros.
  2. outdated, Pesos y medidas Medida de peso, usada en la provincia de Madrid para el yeso, equivalente a 15 quintales, o sea 690 kilogramos.
  3. Variante de cahizada.

In English

  • qafiz Traditional Arab unit of volume or its various medieval equivalents

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"cahíz." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/es/cah%C3%ADz. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cahíz. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/es/cah%C3%ADz

Chicago

"cahíz." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/es/cah%C3%ADz.

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@misc{cahi_z_2026,
  title = {cahíz},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/es/cah%C3%ADz},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}