pesar

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peˈzaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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

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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pesar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “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.

Inherited from Latin pensāre. Doublet of pensar (“to think”)

pesar (ORB, broad)

1. to weigh

• peser in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• pesar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

From Old Galician-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

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “pesar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “pesar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pesar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “pesar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pesar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “pesar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pesar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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, 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

• pezar (archaic)

From Old Galician-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.

• “pesar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pesar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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.

• 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 be serious, to be grave
5. (reflexive) to weigh oneself

pesar m (plural pesares)

1. grief, regret, chagrin

• “pesar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

• persa