pesado

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese pesado, from pesar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pesˈsaðʊ]

Verb

1. masculine singular past participle of pesar

Adjective

pesado (feminine pesada, masculine plural pesados, feminine plural pesadas)

1. heavy
2. intense, deep
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 59:

     Et tu entõ leuãtarte as asi com̃o se leuãtases de sono pesado

     And then you'll awake as if you were awaking from a deep sleep

3. (of earth, soil) having good quality, rich; humid
4. formal, serious
5. boring, repetitive
6. weighted

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pesado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pesad”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pesado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pesado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pesado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Past participle of pesar. From Old Galician-Portuguese pesado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɨ.ˈza.ðu/
• IPA^(key): /pe.ˈza.du/
• Hyphenation: pe‧sa‧do

Adjective

pesado (feminine pesada, masculine plural pesados, feminine plural pesadas)

1. Having great weight; heavy
2. Of great force, power or intensity; deep; heavy; intense

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: pisadu
• Kabuverdianu: pizadu

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Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of pesar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈsado/ [peˈsa.ð̞o]

• Audio:

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Adjective

pesado (feminine pesada, masculine plural pesados, feminine plural pesadas)

1. heavy in weight, weighty
2. annoying
3. boring
4. serious

Derived terms

• agua pesada
• metal pesado
• peso pesado
• rock pesado
• sueño pesado

 

Related terms

• peso
• pesar
• pesadilla

Noun

pesado m (plural pesados, feminine pesada, feminine plural pesadas)

1. (informal) pest, annoying person

Participle

pesado (feminine pesada, masculine plural pesados, feminine plural pesadas)

1. masculine singular past participle of pesar

Further reading

• “pesado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014