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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /peˈza.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /peˈza.do/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨˈza.du/ [pɨˈza.ðu]

  • 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
  2. annoying
  3. boring
  4. serious

Derived terms

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