peso

See also: Peso, pesó, pesò, and pêso

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪsəʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛsoʊ/, [ˈpɛso]

• Audio (Canada):

  (file)

Noun

peso (plural pesos)

1. (historical) A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar.
2. The currency of various countries, including but not limited to Argentina, Chile, Mexico and the Philippines.

Related terms

• poise
• pansy
• pensive
• avoirdupois

Translations

currency

• Arabic: بِيزُو m (bīzū)
• Catalan: peso (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 比索 (zh) (bǐsuǒ), 披索 (zh) (pīsuǒ)

• Czech: peso (cs) n
• Finnish: peso (fi)
• French: peso (fr) m, péso (fr) m
• German: Peso (de) m
• Hindi: पेसो (peso)
• Japanese: ペソ (ja) (peso)
• Khmer: ពេសូ (peiso)
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• Korean: 페소 (peso)
• Latin: pensum
• Malay: peso
• Maori: peho
• Marathi: पेसो (peso)
• Persian: پزو
• Portuguese: peso (pt) m
• Russian: пе́со (ru) n (péso)
• Spanish: peso (es) m
• Turkish: peso (tr)
• Yiddish: פּעסאָ m (peso)

Anagrams

• ESOP, PEOs, epos, opes, peos, poes, pose, posé, sope

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Catalan

Verb

peso

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛso]
• Rhymes: -ɛso
• Hyphenation: pe‧so

Noun

peso n

1. peso (any of multiple currencies)

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA
• Template:R:SSJC

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish peso

Noun

peso

1. (mexican) peso

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeso/
• Hyphenation: pe‧so
• Rhymes: -eso

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

peso (accusative singular peson, plural pesoj, accusative plural pesojn)

1. (numismatics) peso

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Finnish

Noun

peso

1. peso (currency; coin or note of one peso)

Declension

Inflection of peso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		peso	pesot
genitive		peson	pesojen
partitive		pesoa	pesoja
illative		pesoon	pesoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		peso	pesot
accusative	nom.	peso	pesot
	gen.	peson
genitive		peson	pesojen
partitive		pesoa	pesoja
inessive		pesossa	pesoissa
elative		pesosta	pesoista
illative		pesoon	pesoihin
adessive		pesolla	pesoilla
ablative		pesolta	pesoilta
allative		pesolle	pesoille
essive		pesona	pesoina
translative		pesoksi	pesoiksi
abessive		pesotta	pesoitta
instructive		—	pesoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of peso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pesoni pesoni accusative nom. pesoni pesoni gen. pesoni genitive pesoni pesojeni partitive pesoani pesojani inessive pesossani pesoissani elative pesostani pesoistani illative pesooni pesoihini adessive pesollani pesoillani ablative pesoltani pesoiltani allative pesolleni pesoilleni essive pesonani pesoinani translative pesokseni pesoikseni abessive pesottani pesoittani instructive — — comitative — pesoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pesosi pesosi accusative nom. pesosi pesosi gen. pesosi genitive pesosi pesojesi partitive pesoasi pesojasi inessive pesossasi pesoissasi elative pesostasi pesoistasi illative pesoosi pesoihisi adessive pesollasi pesoillasi ablative pesoltasi pesoiltasi allative pesollesi pesoillesi essive pesonasi pesoinasi translative pesoksesi pesoiksesi abessive pesottasi pesoittasi instructive — — comitative — pesoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pesomme pesomme accusative nom. pesomme pesomme gen. pesomme genitive pesomme pesojemme partitive pesoamme pesojamme inessive pesossamme pesoissamme elative pesostamme pesoistamme illative pesoomme pesoihimme adessive pesollamme pesoillamme ablative pesoltamme pesoiltamme allative pesollemme pesoillemme essive pesonamme pesoinamme translative pesoksemme pesoiksemme abessive pesottamme pesoittamme instructive — — comitative — pesoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pesonne pesonne accusative nom. pesonne pesonne gen. pesonne genitive pesonne pesojenne partitive pesoanne pesojanne inessive pesossanne pesoissanne elative pesostanne pesoistanne illative pesoonne pesoihinne adessive pesollanne pesoillanne ablative pesoltanne pesoiltanne allative pesollenne pesoillenne essive pesonanne pesoinanne translative pesoksenne pesoiksenne abessive pesottanne pesoittanne instructive — — comitative — pesoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pesonsa pesonsa accusative nom. pesonsa pesonsa gen. pesonsa genitive pesonsa pesojensa partitive pesoaan pesoansa pesojaan pesojansa inessive pesossaan pesossansa pesoissaan pesoissansa elative pesostaan pesostansa pesoistaan pesoistansa illative pesoonsa pesoihinsa adessive pesollaan pesollansa pesoillaan pesoillansa ablative pesoltaan pesoltansa pesoiltaan pesoiltansa allative pesolleen pesollensa pesoilleen pesoillensa essive pesonaan pesonansa pesoinaan pesoinansa translative pesokseen pesoksensa pesoikseen pesoiksensa abessive pesottaan pesottansa pesoittaan pesoittansa instructive — — comitative — pesoineen pesoinensa

Anagrams

• pose

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese peso, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum.

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

1. weight
2. peso (unit of currency)

Derived terms

• peso molecular
• pesos e contrapesos
• pesos e medidas

Related terms

• pesar

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ezo

Noun

peso m (plural pesi)

1. weight

Related terms

• pesalettere
• pesante
• pesare
• pesata
• pesiera
• pesista
• pesistica

Verb

peso

1. first-person singular present indicative of pesare

Anagrams

• pose

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin pensum, via English peso and Spanish peso.

Noun

peso m (definite singular pesoen, indefinite plural peso or pesos, definite plural pesoene)

1. a peso (currency unit of several Latin American countries, as well as the Philippines)

References

• “peso” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin pensum, via English peso and Spanish peso.

Noun

peso m (definite singular pesoen, indefinite plural peso or pesos, definite plural pesoane)

1. a peso (currency unit, as above)

References

• “peso” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum, from pendō (“I weigh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpe.so]

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

1. weight
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, 53r.

     Et a tal uertud que ſi la poné ſobre mill peſos de pez faz los feruir por ſu ṕṕdat bié como si estudieſſen a fuego.

     And its virtue it such that if it is put over a thousand weights of pitch it lights them due to its property, as if they were on fire.

   • Idem, f. 79r.

     La ſegunda es q́ ſi beuiere oḿe della peſo duna dragma purga melanconia temprada miente ¬ bien.

     The second is that if one were to drink of it the weight of one drachma, it purges black bile soon and well.

Synonyms

• pesadumbre f

Related terms

• pesado (“heavy”)
• pesar (“to weigh”)

Descendants

• Spanish: peso

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese peso, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum, from the verb penso (“I weigh”).

Alternative forms

• pêso (obsolete, noun only)

Pronunciation

Noun:

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.zu/

Verb:

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.zu/

• Hyphenation: pe‧so

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

1. weight (force on an object due to the gravitational attraction)
2. heaviness (the condition of being heavy)
3. weight (object used for its heaviness)
   1. (weightlifting) weight (heavy object lifted for strength training)
   2. (athletics) shot (heavy ball thrown in shot put)
4. (figurative) weight (importance or influence)
5. (figurative) emotional pressure
6. (sports) weight class (subdivision of a competition based on the competitors’ weight)
7. (mathematics) weight (value that multiplies a variable)
8. (typography) weight; boldness (thickness of a character’s strokes)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:peso.

Synonyms

• (heaviness): pesadez (less common)

Antonyms

• (heaviness): leveza

Derived terms

• pesinho, pesozinho (diminutives)
• pesão (augmentative)

• a peso de ouro
• de peso
• dois pesos e duas medidas
• em peso
• peso aderente
• peso atómico
• peso bruto
• peso específico
• peso leve
• peso líquido
• peso médio
• peso meio-médio
• peso meio-pesado
• peso molecular
• peso morto
• peso pesado
• prematuro de peso
• valer o seu peso em ouro

 

Related terms

• pesado
• pesagem
• pesar

Verb

peso

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish peso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.zu/, /ˈpe.su/, /ˈpe.so/

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

1. peso (currency unit of Argentina, Chile, Mexico and the Philippines)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeso/ [ˈpe.so]

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish peso, from Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum, from pendō (“I weigh”). Doublet of the semi-learned pienso.

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

1. weight (the force on an object due to gravitational attraction)
2. weight (a block of metal used in a balance)
3. weight class
4. peso (unit of currency)
5. weight (importance or influence)
6. weight, burden, load, brunt (pressure)

Hyponyms

• peso atómico
• peso bruto
• peso gallo (“buntamweight”)
• peso ligero (“lightweight”)
• peso medio (“middleweight”)
• peso mosca (“flyweight”)
• peso muerto
• peso neto
• peso pesado
• peso pluma (“featherweight”)
• peso semipesado (“cruiserweight”)
• peso wélter (“welterweight”)

 

Derived terms

• aumentar de peso (“to gain weight”)
• aumento de peso (“weight gain”)
• caer por su propio peso (“to be self-evident, to be obvious”)
• con bajo peso (“underweight”) (adj.)
• ganar peso
• perder peso
• quitarse un peso de encima (“to take a load off”)
• razón de peso (“compelling reason, strong reason”)
• sin peso (“weightless”)
• todo cae por su propio peso (“what goes around comes around”)
• valer su peso en oro (“to be worth its weight in gold”)

 

Related terms

• pesa
• pesar
• pienso
• pensar

Descendants

• → Basque: pisu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

peso

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of pesar.

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001