| Principal Translations |
| weight n | countable (relative heaviness) | peso nm |
| | Measure the weight of these two objects and tell me which one is heavier. |
| | Mide el peso de estos dos objetos y dime cuál pesa más. |
| weight n | uncountable (heaviness) | peso nm |
| | Its weight was sufficient to hold the door open. |
| | Su peso era suficiente como para mantener la puerta abierta. |
| weight n | countable (how much a body weighs) | peso nm |
| | I try to maintain a healthy weight. |
| | Trato de mantener un peso saludable. |
| weight n | uncountable (body mass) | peso nm |
| | How much weight did you lose after you cut out sugar from your diet? |
| | ¿Cuánto peso perdiste después de sacar el azúcar de tu dieta? |
| weight n | uncountable (body: excess fat) | grasa nf |
| | | peso nm |
| | No matter how much I diet, I can't seem to shift this weight. |
| | No importa cuántas dietas haga, no puedo eliminar esta grasa. |
| weight n | countable (measure of weight) | peso nm |
| | What system of weights and measures do they use in the UK? |
| | ¿Qué sistema de peso usan en el Reino Unido? |
| weight n | countable (block used with scales) | pesa nf |
| | Old scales used little weights to balance the goods purchased. |
| | Las balanzas antiguas utilizaban pesas pequeñas para pesar los artículos comprados. |
| weight n | countable (weight training: dumbbell) | pesa nf |
| | He grabbed the thirty-kilogram weights for his chest exercises. |
| | Cogió las pesas de treinta kilogramos para sus ejercicios de pecho. |
| Additional Translations |
| weight n | countable (heavy element in a mechanism) (mecanismo) | pesa nm |
| | The weights in this grandfather clock need replacing. |
| | Hay que cambiar las pesas en el reloj de caja. |
| weight n | countable (paperweight, etc.) | peso nm |
| | The book was used as a weight to hold the door open. |
| | Usaron un libro como peso para mantener la puerta abierta. |
| weight n | figurative (burden) | carga nf |
| | Looking after both elderly parents was a heavy weight on her shoulders. |
| | Cuidar a sus ancianos padres era una pesada carga sobre sus hombros. |
| weight n | uncountable, figurative (significance) | importancia nf |
| | I don't apply any weight to the age of the candidates. The best man will get the job. |
| | No le doy importancia a la edad de los candidatos al trabajo. El mejor se quedará con el cargo. |
| weight n | uncountable, figurative (solemnity) | aplomo nm |
| | The priest spoke at the funeral with great weight and respect. |
| | El sacerdote habló en el funeral con gran aplomo y respeto. |
| weight n | uncountable, figurative (influence) (figurativo) | peso nm |
| | She holds considerable weight in his decision-making. |
| | Su palabra tiene un peso considerable en la toma de decisiones. |
| | Su palabra tiene un gran peso en la toma de decisiones. |
| weight n | uncountable, figurative (majority) (figurativo) | peso nm |
| | The weight of the majority was so strong that there was no problem passing the legislation. |
| | El peso de la mayoría fue tan importante que no hubo problema para aprobar la legislación. |
| weight n | countable (athletics: shot) (atletismo) | peso nm |
| | In the shot put, you have to throw the weight as far as possible. |
| | En el lanzamiento hay que lanzar el peso tan lejos como sea posible. |
| weight n | (category in boxing) (boxeo) | peso nm |
| | Mohammad Ali boxed in the heavy weight division. |
| | Muhammad Ali boxeó en la división de los pesos pesados. |
| weight n | (statistics: coefficient) (estadística) | peso nm |
| | (estadística) | relevancia nf |
| | The analysis shows that income has considerable weight in who buys expensive cars. |
| | El estudio muestra que los ingresos tienen un gran peso a la hora de comprar un coche caro. |
| | El estudio muestra que los ingresos tienen una gran relevancia a la hora de comprar un coche caro. |
| weight [sth]⇒ vtr | (apply weight to) | aplicar peso, poner peso loc verb |
| | We weighted the sacks before dumping them overboard. |
| | Tuvimos que aplicar peso sobre los sacos antes de tirarlos por la borda. |
| weight [sth] vtr | (hold down with a weight) | apisonar⇒ vtr |
| | | aplastar⇒ vtr |
| | | sujetar⇒ vtr |
| | He weighted the papers with the book. |
| | Apisonó los papeles con un libro. |
| weight [sb] with [sth]⇒ vtr | (burden) | agobiar con vtr + prep |
| | | cargar con vtr + prep |
| Note: Ante complemento directo de persona debe usarse la preposición «a». |
| | Please don't weight me with all your problems. |
| | Por favor no me agobies con todos tus problemas. |
| weight [sth]⇒ vtr | (statistics: apply a coefficient to) (estadística) | ponderar⇒ vtr |
| | The numbers were weighted to reflect population density. |
| | Los números fueron ponderados para reflejar la densidad de población. |