What does pesada in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word pesada in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use pesada in Spanish.

The word pesada in Spanish means load, weighing, heavy, slow, slow-moving, heavy, deep, boring, tiresome, weigh, weigh, regret, influence, regret, weigh, heavy weapon, difficult subject, difficult course, practical joke, heavy food, give a beating, heavy industry, heavy machinery. To learn more, please see the details below.

Listen to pronunciation

Meaning of the word pesada

load

nombre femenino (cantidad que se pesa) (quantity being weighed)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El agricultor ponía cada pesada en la báscula y anotaba los pesos en un cuaderno.
The farmer put each load on the scales and wrote down their weight in a notebook.

weighing

nombre femenino (acción de pesar) (action)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mañana realizaremos la pesada de las reses.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. At school we had to do monthly weighings to make sure we were staying healthy.

heavy

adjetivo (de masa grande) (having much weight)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
El piano es muy pesado de levantar.
The piano is very heavy to lift.

slow, slow-moving

adjetivo (movimiento lento) (ponderous)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Su andar es pesado, se nota que le pesan los años.
His walk is slow (or: slow-moving). You can tell that the years have been hard on him.

heavy

adjetivo (comida que indigesta) (indigestible)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
El aguacate es muy pesado, no debes comerlo en la cena.
The avocado is very heavy. It shouldn't be eaten in the late evening meal.

deep

adjetivo (sueño profundo) (heavy sleep)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
No me despiertan los ruidos, tengo un sueño pesado.
Noise doesn't wake me up, my sleep is very deep.

boring, tiresome

adjetivo (insoportable, latoso)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
No seas pesado, siempre estás repitiendo lo mismo.
Don't be boring (or: tiresome). You're always harping on the same thing.

weigh

verbo transitivo (algo, alguien)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Pesa la bolsa de manzanas en la báscula.
Weigh the sack of apples on the scale.

weigh

verbo transitivo (masa determinada)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
¿Cuántas toneladas pesa la carga?
How many tons does the load weigh?

regret

verbo intransitivo (arrepentirse)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Haber dejado el trabajo te pesará siempre.
You will always regret quitting that job.

influence

verbo intransitivo (tener influencia)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
La opinión de mi padre pesa mucho en todas mis decisiones.
My father's opinion influences all my decisions a great deal.

regret

nombre masculino (pena) (sadness)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Con gran pesar por su parte tuvo que irse a trabajar al extranjero.
With great regret on her part, she had to go to work abroad.

weigh

verbo pronominal (chequear su peso)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
La última vez que me pesé, había aumentado tres kilos.
The last time that I weighed myself, I had gained three kilos.

heavy weapon

locución nominal femenina (artillería: ametralladoras, morteros, cañones)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Los ataques con armas pesadas causaron miles de víctimas y grandes destrucciones.
Attacks with heavy weapons produced thousands of victims and great destruction.

difficult subject, difficult course

(difícil)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Si odias los números, geometría analítica será una asignatura pesada para ti.
If you hate numbers, analytic geometry will be a difficult subject for you.

practical joke

nombre femenino (de mal gusto)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Intentó gastarme una broma pesada diciendo que mi casa estaba en llamas.
He tried to play a practical joke on me by saying that my house was on fire.

heavy food

(difícil de digerir)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Aunque es delicioso, el cerdo adobado es una comida pesada.
Even though it is delicious, marinated pork is a heavy food.

give a beating

locución verbal (CR, coloquial (corregir duramente)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Si no te comportas bien tendré que darte una pesada.

heavy industry

nombre femenino (de base)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La industria pesada transforma las materias primas.

heavy machinery

(grandes máquinas)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Juan opera maquinaria pesada en una construcción.
Juan operates heavy machinery at a build site.

Let's learn Spanish

So now that you know more about the meaning of pesada in Spanish, you can learn how to use them through selected examples and how to read them. And remember to learn the related words that we suggest. Our website is constantly updating with new words and new examples so you can look up the meanings of other words you don't know in Spanish.

Do you know about Spanish

Spanish (español), also known as Castilla, is a language of the Iberian-Romance group of the Romance languages, and the 4th most common language in the world according to Some sources, while others list it as a 2nd or 3rd most common language. It is the mother tongue of about 352 million people, and is spoken by 417 million people when adding its speakers as a language. sub (estimated in 1999). Spanish and Portuguese have very similar grammar and vocabulary; The number of similar vocabulary of these two languages is up to 89%. Spanish is the primary language of 20 countries around the world. It is estimated that the total number of speakers of Spanish is between 470 and 500 million, making it the second most widely spoken language in the world by number of native speakers.