pesar
Portuguese, noun/peˈza(ʁ)/
pesar is spelled P-E-S-A-R (5 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,015th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pesar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “grief; regret” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “condolência”.
What does pesar mean in English?
verb
- 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
to be heavy
- 5
to cause heartburn or indigestion
- 6
to burden (cause worry or pressure)
noun
- 1
masculinegrief; regret
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. condolência 2. tristeza, dor
verb: 1. exercer pressão em 2. determinar o peso de algo usando uma balança 3. ter o mesmo peso que 4. avaliar, considerar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pesar
- peso first-person present singular
- pesei first-person preterite singular
- pesado participle past
- pesares infinitive second-person singular
- pesarmos first-person infinitive plural
- pesardes infinitive plural second-person
- pesarem infinitive plural third-person
- pesando gerund
- pesados masculine participle past
- pesada feminine participle past
- pesadas feminine participle past
- pesas indicative present second-person
- pesa indicative present singular
- pesamos first-person indicative plural
- pesais indicative plural present
- pesam indicative plural present
- pesava first-person imperfect indicative
- pesavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pesar?
- Brazil /peˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [peˈza(h)]
- Brazil /peˈzaʁ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
pesar appears 7.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).