pesar
Spanish, noun/peˈsaɾ/
pesar is spelled P-E-S-A-R (5 letters) and appears 162 times per million words in written Spanish, the 524th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pesar is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “grief, regret, chagrin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Emoción de tristeza o pena que baja el ánimo”.
What does pesar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to weigh (to determine the weight of an object)
- 2
to weigh (to have a certain weight)
Un galón de agua pesa 3,78 kilos.
- 3
to ponder
- 4
to be serious, to be grave
- 5
to weigh oneself
noun
- 1
masculinegrief, regret, chagrin
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Establecer el peso o la masa de algo, en particular empleando un instrumento para tal efecto. 2. Evaluar los diferentes aspectos de algo para hacer un juicio al respecto. 3. Determinar la importancia relativa (peso) de los elementos de un conjunto para llegar a la media ponderada.
verb: 1. Hacer fuerza hacia abajo con el peso; tener gravedad. 2. Tener abundante peso. 3. Ser de gran valor; gozar de estimación o aprecio. 4. Referido a un hecho: Causar pena, dolor o remordimiento.
noun: 1. Emoción de tristeza o pena que baja el ánimo. 2. Acción o dicho que causar pesar₁ o malestar emocional.
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 pesar
- peso first-person present singular
- pesé first-person preterite singular
- pesado participle past
- pesando gerund
- pesada feminine participle past
- pesados masculine participle past
- pesadas feminine participle past
- pesas indicative informal present
- pesás indicative informal present
- pesa indicative present singular
- pesamos first-person indicative plural
- pesáis indicative plural present
- pesan indicative plural present
- pesaba first-person imperfect indicative
- pesabas imperfect indicative second-person
- pesábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- pesabais imperfect indicative plural
- pesaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pesar?
- /peˈsaɾ/
- [peˈsaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pesar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pesar in Spanish?
pesar appears 162 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).