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ITALIAN VERB

pesare

to weigh

  • #349 most used
  • Regular -are verb
  • Past participle: pesato
  • Gerund: pesando

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. io I weigh
  2. tu you weigh
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she weighs
  4. noi we weigh
  5. voi you all weigh
  6. loro they weigh

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

  1. io I weighed
  2. tu you weighed
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she weighed
  4. noi we weighed
  5. voi you all weighed
  6. loro they weighed

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. io I used to weigh
  2. tu you used to weigh
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she used to weigh
  4. noi we used to weigh
  5. voi you all used to weigh
  6. loro they used to weigh

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

  1. io I will weigh
  2. tu you will weigh
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she will weigh
  4. noi we will weigh
  5. voi you all will weigh
  6. loro they will weigh

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

  1. io I would weigh
  2. tu you would weigh
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she would weigh
  4. noi we would weigh
  5. voi you all would weigh
  6. loro they would weigh

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

  1. io (that) I weigh
  2. tu (that) you weigh
  3. lui, lei, Lei (that) he/she weigh
  4. noi (that) we weigh
  5. voi (that) you all weigh
  6. loro (that) they weigh

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders: tu, Lei, noi, voi

  1. tu weigh!
  2. Lei weigh! (formal)
  3. noi weigh! (let’s)
  4. voi weigh! (all of you)

How to use pesare

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Questa valigia pesa più di venti chili.

    This suitcase weighs more than twenty kilos.

  2. Past

    Mi sono pesato stamattina, due chili in meno!

    I weighed myself this morning, two kilos less!

  3. Imperfect

    Il fruttivendolo pesava la frutta su una vecchia bilancia.

    The greengrocer weighed the fruit on an old scale.

  4. Future

    Peseremo lo zaino prima di partire.

    We'll weigh the backpack before we leave.

  5. Conditional

    Peserei la farina, a occhio sbaglio sempre.

    I'd weigh the flour, by eye I always get it wrong.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Spero che il pacco non pesi troppo.

    I hope the parcel doesn't weigh too much.

  7. Imperative

    Pesa le mele e attacca l'etichetta.

    Weigh the apples and stick the label on.

Good to know

  • Pesare is also to weigh on someone: mi pesa alzarmi presto.

Where you hear pesare

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Italian · Fluency Level 2

  • Il bambino pesa tre chili. The baby weighs three kilos.
  • Ho pesato la farina per il pane. I weighed the flour for the bread.
  • Lo peseremo di nuovo domani. We'll weigh him again tomorrow.
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At the Hospital

Fluency Level 2 · Quanto pesa?

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -are verb.