contrapeso
Spanish, noun
contrapeso is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-P-E-S-O (10 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 27,508th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contrapeso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “counterweight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of contrapesar. With an accent, contrapesó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of contrapesar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Peso que se utiliza para equilibrar las fuerzas o par motor”.
What does contrapeso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecounterweight
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of contrapesar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of contrapesar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Peso que se utiliza para equilibrar las fuerzas o par motor. 2. Cosa que se emplea para equilibrar o balancear una situación, un sistema, etc.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of contrapeso
- contrapesos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to contrapeso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contrapeso in Spanish?
contrapeso appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).