A one "pounder"....in Español?

Question

I was looking at a 16 oz. box of crackers in my kitchen today, and it said the box was a "One pounder". (I know, no metric here!) Is there an equivalent word for a "pounder" in Spanish?

For instance, if you gave birth to a very large baby, someone here might say, "She just had a 12 pounder."

Is this just a strange American, English thing?

Gracias.

Answer 1

Great question Amy, I can't wait to see answers. I guess the same could be asked for length- por ejemplo a "ten footer".

Yep, that's another one! - amykay, Sep 16, 2010

It's very common in the US to refer to uncut lumber as for instance a "twelve footer", or a 6 foot ladder as a "six footer". - amykay, Sep 16, 2010

you read my mind - Yeser007, Sep 16, 2010

Answer 2

Hi, amykay. I found this when I put "pounder" into the dictionary. But I'm not sure this is what you're looking for:

Cualquier cosa que toma su denominación del número de libras que tiene.

* A thirty-six pounder -> cañón de a treinta y seis

I admit it's a weird one, I'm thinking it's just sort of an "english" thing.... - amykay, Sep 16, 2010

Answer 3

Interesting question Amkay - I say yes it is a strange American thing - in Spanish you can say 'kilitos' for example 'uff - gané unos kilitos' I'm interested to see what people say.....

Kilitos is great if the gain is insignificant. If you´re balloning up, then it´s Kilotes :- ) - 005faa61, Sep 16, 2010

si, pero los hombre ganan lost kilotes, nosotras las mujeres siempre los pequeñitos kilitos! - margaretbl, Sep 16, 2010