la longitud
length
Medida de qué tan largo es algo de un extremo al otro.
Definition & meaning
Longitud is a feminine Spanish noun with two main meanings:
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Length: the measurement of how long something is, usually from one end to the other.
Example: the length of a road, a table, or a piece of rope. -
Longitude: a geographic coordinate indicating how far east or west a place lies from a reference meridian, usually the Greenwich meridian. It is measured in degrees.
Grammar & Word origin
Longitud is feminine: la longitud. Its plural is longitudes.
It comes from Latin longitudo, formed from longus (“long”) and the suffix -tudo, which forms nouns expressing a quality or state.
Synonyms & antonyms
The best alternative depends on the context:
- extensión can mean “extent” or “length,” but is broader and may refer to the overall size or scope of something.
- largo means “length” in some contexts, but more commonly describes something as “long.”
- distancia means “distance” between points; it is not necessarily the length of a single object.
There is no exact antonym. For physical dimensions, anchura or ancho (“width”) contrasts with length. In geography, latitud [?](vocabuo://word/latitud] is the other main coordinate, but it is not an antonym of longitude.
Common phrases & collocations
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Examples
La longitud de ese río es impresionante.noun
The length of that river is impressive.
¿Cómo calculaste la longitud del sendero?noun
How did you calculate the length of the trail?
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