noun, feminine/pulˈɡada/plural: pulgadas
English or American inch (a unit of length equal to 2.54 cm); pulgada, Spanish inch (a former unit of length equivalent to about 2.3 cm)
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pollicāta, unit of length derived from Latin pollex (“thumb”). Compare Galician pulgada (which may be borrowed from Spanish) or Portuguese polegada. As an English unit, a calque of English inch.