Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I weigh
- tú you weigh
- usted, él, ella he/she weighs
- nosotros we weigh
- vosotros Spain you all weigh
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they weigh
SPANISH VERB
pesar
to weigh
- #366 most used
- Regular -ar verb
- Gerund: pesando
- Past participle: pesado
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I weighed
- tú you weighed
- usted, él, ella he/she weighed
- nosotros we weighed
- vosotros Spain you all weighed
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they weighed
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to weigh
- tú you used to weigh
- usted, él, ella he/she used to weigh
- nosotros we used to weigh
- vosotros Spain you all used to weigh
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to weigh
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will weigh
- tú you will weigh
- usted, él, ella he/she will weigh
- nosotros we will weigh
- vosotros Spain you all will weigh
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will weigh
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would weigh
- tú you would weigh
- usted, él, ella he/she would weigh
- nosotros we would weigh
- vosotros Spain you all would weigh
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would weigh
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I weigh
- tú (that) you weigh
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she weigh
- nosotros (that) we weigh
- vosotros Spain (that) you all weigh
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they weigh
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I weighed
- tú (if) you weighed
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she weighed
- nosotros (if) we weighed
- vosotros Spain (if) you all weighed
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they weighed
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú weigh!
- usted weigh! (formal)
- nosotros weigh! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain weigh! (all of you)
- ustedes weigh! (all of you)
How to use pesar
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
¿Cuánto pesa esa maleta, veinte kilos?
How much does that suitcase weigh, twenty kilos?
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Past
El niño pesó tres kilos y medio al nacer.
The baby weighed three and a half kilos at birth.
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Imperfect
Antes la fruta la pesaban en una balanza de hierro.
They used to weigh fruit on iron scales.
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Future
Mañana me pesarán en la consulta, qué miedo.
Tomorrow they'll weigh me at the surgery, how scary.
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Conditional
Sin tantos libros, la mochila pesaría la mitad.
Without so many books, the rucksack would weigh half as much.
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Present subjunctive
Pon menos cosas para que no pese tanto.
Put in fewer things so it doesn't weigh so much.
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Past subjunctive
Me dijeron que pesara al bebé cada semana.
They told me to weigh the baby every week.
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Imperative
¡Pesa la harina bien, que la receta es exacta!
Weigh the flour carefully, the recipe is exact!
Good to know
- "Pesar" is also to weigh on you: me pesa no haber ido. "A pesar de" is "in spite of".
Where you hear pesar
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Advanced Level 2
- La niña pesa tres kilos doscientos. The baby weighs three kilos two hundred.
- Mi maleta pesaba demasiado por el jamón. My suitcase weighed too much because of the ham.
- Con tanta tortilla, voy a pesar cien kilos. With so much omelette, I'm going to weigh a hundred kilos.
Spanish · Advanced Level 3
- Esta maleta pesa más que yo. This suitcase weighs more than I do.
- Isabel pesó tres kilos al nacer. Isabel weighed three kilos at birth.
- ¿Cuánto pesará la maleta con la sartén? How much will the suitcase weigh with the frying pan?
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.