Today I learned the metric equivalent of horsepower is, horsepower. You’d think someone would have come up with a better name.
Today I learned the metric equivalent of horsepower is, horsepower. You’d think someone would have come up with a better name.
In Portuguese it’s called steam-horse (cavalo-vapor)
It’s the same in Spanish and Catalan
Never heard of anyone using it. Is it mostly used by technicians?
I think I only heard/read it once or twice, but yes, I think most shorten it to just cavalos