peso

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪsəʊ/
• (PH) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛsoʊ/,

• Audio (Canada)

  (file)

• Rhymes: (UK) -eɪsəʊ, (PH) -ɛsoʊ

Noun

peso (plural pesos)

1. (historical) A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar.
2. The circulating currency of various Spanish-speaking American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Uruguay) and the Philippines.

Synonyms

• adarme (former Spanish coin), Spanish dollar

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• ESOP, PEOs, epos, opes, peos, poes, pose, posé, sope

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

peso

1. first-person singular present indicative of pesar

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ɛso
• Hyphenation: pe‧so

Noun

peso n

1. peso (any of multiple currencies)

Declension

Further reading

• peso in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• peso in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• peso in Internetová jazyková příručka

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

Noun

peso

1. (mexican) peso

Esperanto

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:

peso

Wikipedia ^eo

Etymology

From Spanish peso.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -eso
• Hyphenation: pe‧so

Noun

peso (accusative singular peson, plural pesoj, accusative plural pesojn)

1. (numismatics) peso

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeso/,
• Rhymes: -eso
• Syllabification^(key): pe‧so

Noun

peso

1. peso (currency; coin or note of one peso)

Declension

Further reading

• “peso”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• pose

French

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

1. peso

Further reading

• “peso”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese peso, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum.

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

1. weight
2. peso (unit of currency)

Derived terms

• peso molecular
• pesos e contrapesos
• pesos e medidas

Related terms

• pesar

Etymology 2

Verb

peso

1. first-person singular present indicative of pesar

Italian

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.zo/, (traditional) /ˈpe.so/
• Rhymes: -ezo, (traditional) -eso
• Hyphenation: pé‧so

Noun

peso m (plural pesi)

1. weight

Related terms

• pesalettere
• pesante
• pesare
• pesata
• pesiera
• pesista
• pesistica

Etymology 2

Deverbal from pesare +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.zo/, (traditional) /ˈpe.so/
• Rhymes: -ezo, (traditional) -eso
• Hyphenation: pé‧so

Adjective

peso (feminine pesa, masculine plural pesi, feminine plural pese)

1. (informal, Tuscan) heavy
2. (informal, Tuscan, figurative) oppressive

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.zo/, (traditional) /ˈpe.so/
• Rhymes: -ezo, (traditional) -eso
• Hyphenation: pé‧so

Verb

peso

1. first-person singular present indicative of pesare

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.zo/
• Rhymes: -ɛzo
• Hyphenation: pè‧so

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

1. peso

References

Anagrams

• epos, pose

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

peso

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Latin pensum, via English peso and Spanish peso.

Noun

peso m (definite singular pesoen, indefinite plural peso or pesos, definite plural pesoene)

1. a peso (currency unit of several Latin American countries, as well as the Philippines)

References

• “peso” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin pensum, via English peso and Spanish peso.

Noun

peso m (definite singular pesoen, indefinite plural peso or pesos, definite plural pesoane)

1. a peso (currency unit, as above)

References

• “peso” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum, from pendō (“I weigh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpezo/

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

1. weight
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, page 53r.:

     Et a tal uertud que ſi la ponẽ ſobre mill peſos de pez faz los feruir por ſu p̃p̃dat biẽ como si estudieſſen a fuego.

     And its virtue it such that if it is put over a thousand weights of pitch it lights them due to its property, as if they were on fire.

   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, page 79r.:

     La ſegunda es q̃ ſi beuiere om̃e della peſo duna dragma purga melanconia temprada miente ⁊ bien.

     The second is that if one were to drink of it the weight of one drachma, it purges black bile soon and well.

Synonyms

• pesadumbre f

Related terms

• pesado (“heavy”)
• pesar (“to weigh”)

Descendants

• Spanish: peso

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

peso

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish peso, from Old Spanish peso, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum, from pendō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.sɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛsɔ
• Syllabification: pe‧so

Noun

peso n (indeclinable)

1. peso (designation for specific currency)

Further reading

• peso in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• peso in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese peso, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum, from the verb penso (“to weigh”).

Alternative forms

• pêso (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Porto) IPA^(key): /ˈp(j)e.zu/
• Hyphenation: pe‧so

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

1. weight (force on an object due to the gravitational attraction)
2. heaviness (the condition of being heavy)
3. weight (object used for its heaviness)
   1. (weightlifting) weight (heavy object lifted for strength training)
   2. (athletics) shot (heavy ball thrown in shot put)
4. (figurative) weight (importance or influence)
5. (figurative) emotional pressure
6. (sports) weight class (subdivision of a competition based on the competitors’ weight)
7. (mathematics) weight (value that multiplies a variable)
8. (typography) weight; boldness (thickness of a character’s strokes)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:peso.

Synonyms

• (heaviness): pesadez (less common)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “heaviness”): leveza

Derived terms

Related terms

• pesado
• pesagem
• pesar

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pe‧so

Verb

peso

1. first-person singular present indicative of pesar

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

Pronunciation

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

1. peso (currency unit of Argentina, Chile, Mexico and the Philippines)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

Noun

peso m (plural peso)

1. peso

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeso/

• Audio (Peru):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eso
• Syllabification: pe‧so

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish peso, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum, from pendō (“to weigh”). Doublet of the semi-learned pienso.

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

1. (physics) weight (the force on an object due to gravitational attraction)
2. weight (a block of metal used in a balance)
3. weight class
4. peso (unit of currency)
5. weight (importance or influence)
6. weight, burden, load, brunt (pressure)
7. scales, scale (device used to measure weight)

   Synonyms: báscula, balanza

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: piso
• → English: peso
• → Basque: pisu
• → Cebuano: piso
• → Tagalog: piso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

peso

1. first-person singular present indicative of pesar

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeso/,
• Hyphenation: pe‧so

Noun

peso (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐᜓ)

1. Alternative form of piso