peso

See also: Peso, pesó, pesò, and pêso

peso - English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /ˈpeɪsəʊ/
(PH) IPA: /ˈpɛsoʊ/, [ˈpɛso]

Noun

peso (plural pesos)

(historical) A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar.
The circulating currency of various Spanish-speaking American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Uruguay) and the Philippines.

Synonyms

adarme (former Spanish coin), Spanish dollar

Related terms

Translations

Arabic: بِيزُو‎ m (bīzū)
Bikol Central: piso (bcl)
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
Greek: πέσο (el) n (péso)
Hindi: पेसो (peso)
Japanese: ペソ (ja) (peso)
Khmer: ពេសូ (peiso)
Korean: 페소 (peso)
Latin: pensum
Macedonian: песо n (peso)
Malay: peso
Maori: peho
Marathi: पेसो (peso)
Persian: پزو‎
Polish: peso (pl) n
Portuguese: peso (pt) m
Russian: пе́со (ru) n (péso)
Spanish: peso (es) m
Tagalog: piso
Thai: เปโซ (bpee-soo)
Turkish: peso (tr)
Ukrainian: песо (peso)
Yiddish: פּעסאָ‎ m (peso)

Anagrams

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

peso - Catalan

Verb

peso

first-person singular present indicative form of pesar

peso - Czech

Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈpɛso]
Hyphenation: pe‧so

Noun

peso n

peso (any of multiple currencies)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	peso	pesa, pesos
genitive	pesa	pes, pesos
dative	pesu	pesům, pesos
accusative	peso	pesa, pesos
vocative	peso	pesa, pesos
locative	pesu	pesech, pesos
instrumental	pesem	pesy, pesos

peso - Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

peso

(mexican) peso

peso - Esperanto

Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈpeso]
Hyphenation: pe‧so

Noun

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

(numismatics) peso

peso - Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈpeso/, [ˈpe̞s̠o̞]
Syllabification: pe‧so

Noun

peso

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
accusative	gen.	peson	pesot
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
instructive		—	pesoin
abessive		pesotta	pesoitta
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of peso (type valo)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		pesoni	pesoni
accusative	nom.	pesoni	pesoni
accusative	gen.	pesoni	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
instructive		—	—
abessive		pesottani	pesoittani
comitative		—	pesoineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		pesosi	pesosi
accusative	nom.	pesosi	pesosi
accusative	gen.	pesosi	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
instructive		—	—
abessive		pesottasi	pesoittasi
comitative		—	pesoinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		pesomme	pesomme
accusative	nom.	pesomme	pesomme
accusative	gen.	pesomme	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
instructive		—	—
abessive		pesottamme	pesoittamme
comitative		—	pesoinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		pesonne	pesonne
accusative	nom.	pesonne	pesonne
accusative	gen.	pesonne	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
instructive		—	—
abessive		pesottanne	pesoittanne
comitative		—	pesoinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		pesonsa	pesonsa
accusative	nom.	pesonsa	pesonsa
accusative	gen.	pesonsa	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
instructive		—	—
abessive		pesottaan pesottansa	pesoittaan pesoittansa
comitative		—	pesoineen pesoinensa

Anagrams

pose

peso - French

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

peso

peso - Galician

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

weight
peso (unit of currency)

Derived terms

Related terms

pesar

peso - Italian

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈpe.zo/, (traditional) /ˈpe.so/
Hyphenation: pé‧so

Noun

peso m (plural pesi)

weight

Related terms

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈpe.zo/, (traditional) /ˈpe.so/
Hyphenation: pé‧so

Adjective

peso (feminine pesa, masculine plural pesi, feminine plural pese)

(informal, Tuscan) heavy
(informal, Tuscan, figurative) oppressive

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈpe.zo/, (traditional) /ˈpe.so/
Hyphenation: pé‧so

Verb

peso

first-person singular present indicative of pesare

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈpɛ.zo/
Hyphenation: pè‧so

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

peso

Anagrams

epos, pose

peso - Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

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

peso - Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

a peso (currency unit, as above)

peso - Old Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈpezo/

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

weight

Synonyms

pesadumbre f

Related terms

pesado (“heavy”)
pesar (“to weigh”)

Descendants

Spanish: peso

peso - Polish

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈpɛ.sɔ/
Syllabification: pe‧so

Noun

peso n (indeclinable)

peso (designation for specific currency)

peso - Portuguese

Alternative forms

pêso (superseded)

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈpe.zu/

Hyphenation: pe‧so

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see peso.

Synonyms

(heaviness): pesadez (less common)

Antonyms

(heaviness): leveza

Derived terms

a peso de ouro
de peso
dois pesos e duas medidas
em peso
pesão (augmentative)
pesinho (diminutive)
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
pesozinho (diminutive)
prematuro de peso
valer o seu peso em ouro

Related terms

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈpɛ.zu/

Hyphenation: pe‧so

Verb

peso

first-person singular present indicative of pesar

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA: /ˈpe.zu/, /ˈpe.su/, /ˈpe.so/

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

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

peso - Romanian

Noun

peso m (plural peso)

peso

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) peso	pesoul	(niște) peso	pesoi
genitive/dative	(unui) peso	pesoului	(unor) peso	pesolor
vocative	pesoule		pesolor

peso - Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈpeso/ [ˈpe.so]
Syllabification: pe‧so

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

(physics) weight (the force on an object due to gravitational attraction)
weight (a block of metal used in a balance)
weight class
peso (unit of currency)
weight (importance or influence)
weight, burden, load, brunt (pressure)
scales, scale (device used to measure weight)
- Synonyms: báscula, balanza

Hyponyms

peso atómico
peso bruto
peso específico
peso gallo (“bantamweight”)
peso ligero (“lightweight”)
peso medio (“middleweight”)
peso molecular
peso mosca (“flyweight”)
peso muerto
peso neto
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.)
de peso
de su peso
en peso
ganar peso
lanzamiento de 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

Descendants

→ Bikol Central: piso
→ English: peso
→ Basque: pisu
→ Cebuano: piso
→ Tagalog: piso

Verb

peso

first-person singular present indicative of pesar

peso - Tagalog

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: pe‧so
IPA: /ˈpeso/, [ˈpɛ.so]

Noun

peso (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐᜓ)

Alternative form of piso