peso

Meaning

1. (masculine) weight (force on an object due to the gravitational attraction)
2. (masculine) heaviness (the condition of being heavy)
3. (masculine) weight (object used for its heaviness)
4. (masculine) weight (object used for its heaviness)
5. (figuratively,masculine) weight (importance or influence)
6. (figuratively,masculine) emotional pressure
7. (masculine) weight class (subdivision of a competition based on the competitors’ weight)
8. (masculine) weight (value that multiplies a variable)
9. (masculine) weight; boldness (thickness of a character’s strokes)

Frequency

Hyphenated as

pe‧so

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpe.zu/

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

Borrowed from Spanish

peso

New

pesar

1. to weigh (determine the weight of an object)
2. to weigh (have a certain weight)
3. to influence (to exert an influence upon)
4. (intransitive) to be heavy
5. to cause heartburn or indigestion
6. to burden (cause worry or pressure)

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Ovelha que gosta de perder peso .

Sheep who like to lose weight.

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