pesare

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See also: pesaré

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin pēnsāre (weigh, hang), whence also the doublet pensare 'think'. Compare French peser.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /peˈza.re/, (traditional) /peˈsa.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pe‧sà‧re

Verb

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pesàre (first-person singular present péso, first-person singular past historic pesài, past participle pesàto, auxiliary (transitive or intransitive) avére or (alternatively when intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive, also figurative) to weigh (to measure the weight of)
  2. (intransitive) to weigh (a specific amount) [auxiliary avere or essere]
  3. (intransitive) to be heavy [auxiliary avere or essere]
  4. (intransitive) to weigh on, to burden [with su] [auxiliary avere or essere]
  5. (intransitive, figurative) to weigh on, to be tiresome or unpleasant to [with a] [auxiliary avere or essere]
  6. (intransitive, figurative) to weigh on, to be important or influential on [with su] [auxiliary avere or essere]
  7. (intransitive, figurative) to loom [with su di] [auxiliary avere or essere]

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ peso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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Spanish

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Verb

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pesare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of pesar