This levy] costs him to whom three fanegas are allotted at least one-half fanegamore than he gives in his measure; and him who gives six, one fanega more, and so on.
It appears that they bought barley in Estremadura at 8 reals the fanega (1½ bushels), and sold it to the army for 56 reals.
The portion granted to each new-married couple, according to Garcilasso, was a fanega and a half of land.
The fanega was as much land as could be planted with a hundred weight of Indian corn.
In this country five thousand three hundred coffee-trees are generally planted in a fanega of ground, amounting to five thousand four hundred and seventy-six square toises.
The rent is ten piastres for a fanega of ground, and is paid in money or in cotton.
The fanega of salt is sold to those Indians and fishermen who do not pay the duties (derechos reales), at Punta Araya for six, at Cumana for eight reals.
Measuring by fanegas was then still in vogue in Mexico; a fanega equals about sixty-four kilograms.
Their orders were promptly obeyed; but in addition they charged the heirs a fee of three oxen, one fanega of corn, and some silver money.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fanega" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
