pesar

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

• (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
4. (impersonal) to regret

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

• repesar
• pesant
• pesat

• pes

• “pesar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pesar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “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.

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

• IPA^(key): [peˈsaɾ]

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

pesar m (plural pesares)

1. grief

   Synonym: pena

• a pesar de

• “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 Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pesar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Latin pēnsāre. Doublet of pensar.

pesar

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

• Occitan: pesar

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

From Latin pēnsāre. Compare the 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 Latin pēnsāre (“ponder, weigh”). Compare the doublet pensar.

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

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

• pesado
• peso

Nominalization of Etymology 1.

• Hyphenation: pe‧sar

pesar m (plural pesares)

1. grief; regret

   Synonyms: arrependimento, pena, remorso, tristeza

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

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.

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

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

• peso

pesar m (plural pesares)

1. grief, regret, chagrin

• pesaroso

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

• persa