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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese pesado, from pesar.
Pronunciation
Participle
pesado (feminine pesada, masculine plural pesados, feminine plural pesadas)
- past participle of pesar
Adjective
pesado (feminine pesada, masculine plural pesados, feminine plural pesadas)
- heavy
- intense, deep
1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 59:Et tu entõ leuãtarte as asi com̃o se leuãtases de sono pesado- And then you'll awake as if you were awaking from a deep sleep
- (of earth, soil) having good quality, rich; humid
- formal, serious
- boring, repetitive
- weighted
References
- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pesado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pesad”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “pesado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pesado” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pesado” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
Past participle of pesar. From Old Galician-Portuguese pesado.
Pronunciation
Participle
pesado (feminine pesada, masculine plural pesados, feminine plural pesadas)
- past participle of pesar
Adjective
pesado (feminine pesada, masculine plural pesados, feminine plural pesadas, comparable, comparative mais pesado, superlative o mais pesado or pesadíssimo, diminutive pesadinho, augmentative pesadão)
- heavy (having great weight)
- heavy, deep, intense (of great force or intensity)
Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
Past participle of pesar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈsado/
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: pe‧sa‧do
Adjective
pesado (feminine pesada, masculine plural pesados, feminine plural pesadas)
- heavy in weight, weighty
- annoying
- boring
- serious
Derived terms
Noun
pesado m (plural pesados, feminine pesada, feminine plural pesadas)
- (informal) pest, annoying person
Participle
pesado (feminine pesada, masculine plural pesados, feminine plural pesadas)
- past participle of pesar
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