🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Peso

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈpeso

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Weight/weɪt/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El peso del coche afecta su eficiencia de combustible."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A measure of the heaviness of an object.

    "The weight of the package was too heavy for her to lift."
  2. 2

    The force exerted on a body by gravity, often measured in units such as pounds or kilograms.

    "The weight of the car affects its fuel efficiency."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'weight' originates from the Old English 'wiht', meaning 'a quantity or measure', which is related to the Proto-Germanic '*waikō', and ultimately traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root '*weigh-', meaning 'to lift or raise'. Over time, the term evolved to denote the heaviness of an object.

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