German

Noun

Peso m

1. peso (currency)

English

Noun

peso ‎(plural pesos)

1. Former unit of currency in Spain a Spain's colonies worth 8 reales; Spanish dollar.
2. Former unit of currency in Argentina worth 1/100 austral.
3. A coin equal to a Spanish dollar.
4. Name of the currency of various countries including, but not limited to: Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Philippines.
5. A coin or note worth one peso.

Translations

Anagrams

• opes, poes, pose

Catalan

Verb

peso

1. first-person singular present indicative form of pesar

Esperanto

Noun

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

1. (numismatics) peso

Finnish

Noun

peso

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

Declension

Galician

Etymology

From Old 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

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pēsum, from Latin pēnsum.

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

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.

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.

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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• pêso (obsolete, noun only)

Pronunciation

Noun:

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.zu/

Verb:

• (Portugal, Brazil) 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. (figuratively) weight (importance or influence)
5. (figuratively) 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 usage examples of this term, see Citations:peso.

Synonyms

• (heaviness): pesadez (less common)

Antonyms

• (heaviness): leveza

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• pesado
• pesagem
• pesar

Verb

peso

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of pesar

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Spanish peso.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

peso m (plural pesos)

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

Spanish

Etymology

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
2. peso (unit of currency)

Related terms

• pesar
• pienso

See also

• centavo m
• peseta f

Verb

peso

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