pesar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan pesar, from Latin pēnsāre. Doublet of pensar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

pesar (first-person singular present peso, first-person singular preterite pesí, past participle pesat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to weigh, to have a certain weight
2. to weigh, to measure the weight of
3. to ponder, to consider
4. (impersonal) to regret

   Li pesa d'haver pres aquella decisió. ― He regrets having made that decision.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• repesar
• pesant
• pesat

Related terms

• pes

References

• “pesar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pesar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “pesar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pesar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pesar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin pēnsāre (“ponder, weigh”). Compare the doublet pensar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to weigh (measure the weight of)
2. (intransitive) to weigh (have a certain weight)
3. (impersonal) to grieve, sadden, burden

Conjugation

Noun

pesar m (plural pesares)

1. grief

   Synonym: pena

Derived terms

• a pesar de

References

• “pesar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “pesar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “pesar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pesar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “pesar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pesar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “pesar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin pēnsāre. Doublet of pensar.

Verb

pesar

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

Descendants

• Occitan: pesar

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pensāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 189

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pēnsāre. Compare the doublet pensar.

Verb

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

Descendants

• Spanish: pesar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pezar (archaic)

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese pesar, from Latin pēnsāre (“ponder, weigh”). Compare the doublet pensar.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

1. to weigh (determine the weight of an object)

   Synonym: sopesar

2. to weigh (have a certain weight)
3. to influence (to exert an influence upon)

   Synonym: influenciar

4. (intransitive) to be heavy
5. (of a food or meal) to cause heartburn or indigestion

   Synonym: queimar

6. to burden (cause worry or pressure)

   Synonyms: pressionar, sobrecarregar

Conjugation

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:pesar.

Related terms

• pesado
• peso

Etymology 2

Nominalization of Etymology 1.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pe‧sar

Noun

pesar m (plural pesares)

1. grief; regret

   Synonyms: arrependimento, pena, remorso, tristeza

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:pesar.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish pesar, from Latin pēnsāre, whence also the doublet pensar 'think'. Cognate with English poise, French peser, Italian pesare, Portuguese pesar, and Romanian păsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈsaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pe‧sar

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to weigh (to determine the weight of an object)
2. (transitive) to weigh (to have a certain weight)

   Un galón de agua pesa 3,78 kilos.

   A gallon of water weighs 3.78 kilos.

3. to ponder
4. to have weight
5. to be seriousness, to be grave
6. (reflexive) to weigh oneself

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

pesar m (plural pesares)

1. grief, regret, chagrin

Derived terms

Further reading

• “pesar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• persa