pesado

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pesado, from pesar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈsado/ [peˈs̺a.ð̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Hyphenation: pe‧sa‧do

Participle

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

1. past participle of pesar

Adjective

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

1. heavy
2. intense, deep
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, 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

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “pesado”, 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), “pesad”, 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), “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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈza.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈza.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈza.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈza.du/ [pɨˈza.ðu]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: pe‧sa‧do

Participle

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

1. past participle of pesar

Adjective

pesado (feminine pesada, masculine plural pesados, feminine plural pesadas, comparable, comparative mais pesado, superlative o mais pesado or pesadíssimo, diminutive pesadinho, augmentative pesadão)

1. heavy (having great weight)
2. heavy, deep, intense (of great force or intensity)

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: pisadu
• Kabuverdianu: pizadu

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of pesar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈsado/ [peˈsa.ð̞o]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: pe‧sa‧do

Adjective

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

1. heavy in weight, weighty

   Antonym: ligero

2. annoying
3. boring
4. serious

Derived terms

• agua pesada
• artillería pesada
• caer pesado
• industria pesada
• maquinaria pesada
• metal pesado
• peso pesado
• rock pesado
• sueño pesado

Related terms

• pesadilla
• pesar
• peso

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. past participle of pesar

Further reading

• “pesado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024