pesar

From Old Occitan pesar, from Vulgar Latin *pēsāre, from Latin pēnsāre, present active indicative of pēnsō. Cognate with Doublet of pensar, which was borrowed from the same source.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /pəˈza/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /peˈzaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

pesar (first-person singular present peso, past participle pesat)

1. to weigh, to have a certain weight
2. to weigh, to measure the weight of
3. to ponder, to consider

• pesat

• pes

From Vulgar Latin *pēsāre, from Latin pēnsāre, present active indicative of pēnsō.

pesar

1. (transitive) to weigh (measure the weight of)
2. (intransitive) to weigh (have a certain weight)
3. (transitive) to bother; to worry

• Catalan: pesar
• Occitan: pesar

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “pensāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 80, page 189

From Vulgar Latin *pēsāre, from Latin pēnsāre, present active indicative of pēnsō. See also the borrowed doublet pensar.

pesar

1. to weigh
2. to burden
   • c. 1140, “Cantar primero. Destierro del Cid”, in Cantar de Mio Cid:

     Si a vós ploguiere, Minaya, e non vos caya en pesar

     If it pleases you, Minaya, and doesn't fall on you with burden

• Spanish: pesar

From Old Portuguese pesar, from Vulgar Latin *pēsāre, from Latin pēnsāre, present active infinitive of pēnsō (“I ponder; I weigh”). See also the borrowed doublet pensar.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.ˈzaɾ/
• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /pe.ˈzaɾ/, -ɹ
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.ˈzaɾ/, -ɻ
• Hyphenation: pe‧sar

pesar m (plural pesares)

1. grief; regret

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:pesar.

• arrependimento, pena, remorso, tristeza

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /pe.ˈza(ɹ)/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.ˈza(ɻ)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.ˈzaɾ/

pesar (first-person singular present indicative peso, past participle pesado)

1. to weigh (determine the weight of an object)
2. to weigh (have a certain weight)
3. to influence (to exert an influence upon)
4. (intransitive) to be heavy
5. (of a food or meal) to cause heartburn or indigestion
6. to burden (cause worry or pressure)

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:pesar.

• (determine the weight): sopesar
• (influence): influenciar
• (to cause heartburn or indigestion): queimar
• (to burden): pressionar, sobrecarregar

• pesado
• peso

From Old Spanish pesar, from Vulgar Latin *pēsāre, from Latin pēnsāre, present active indicative of pēnsō. See also the borrowed doublet pensar. Cognate with English poise, French peser, Italian pesare, Portuguese pesar, and Romanian păsa.

pesar (first-person singular present peso, first-person singular preterite pesé, past participle pesado)

1. to weigh.
2. to ponder.
3. to have weight.
4. to have seriousness. To be grave.

• a pesar, a pesar de, pese a – "in spite of"
• pesado
• pésame
• pesadilla
• peso
• pesadumbre

pesar m (plural pesares)

1. grief, regret, chagrin