pesare
Meaning
- (also, figuratively, transitive) to weigh (to measure the weight of)
- (intransitive) to weigh (a specific amount)
- (intransitive) to be heavy
- (intransitive) to weigh on, to burden [with su]
- (figuratively, intransitive) to weigh on, to be tiresome or unpleasant to [with a]
- (figuratively, intransitive) to weigh on, to be important or influential on [with su]
- (figuratively, intransitive) to loom [with su di]
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Hyphenated as
pe‧sà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/peˈza.re/
Etymology
From Latin pēnsāre (“weigh, hang”), whence also the doublet pensare 'think'. Compare French peser.
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