pesadez

Spanish

Etymology

From pesado +‎ -ez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /pesaˈdeθ/ [pe.saˈð̞eθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pesaˈdes/ [pe.saˈð̞es]
• Rhymes: -eθ
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: pe‧sa‧dez

Noun

pesadez f (plural pesadeces)

1. heaviness, heft (quality of weight)
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 1:

     La causa por que el Alicanto no puede volar, no reside en sus alas, que son perfectamente normales, sino en su buche, por la pesadez de los alimentos que ingiere.

     The reason that the Alicanto cannot fly is not to be found in its wings, which are perfectly normal, but in its crop, due to the heaviness of the foods it eats.

2. tediousness, boringness
3. nuisance
4. ache, pain (feeling of heaviness)

Synonyms

• pesantez

Further reading

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