Usage examples of "pesar" in Spanish with translation to English

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Las palabras no pueden aliviar su profundo pesar. No words can relieve her deep sorrow.
La ausencia es el pesar más grande. Absence is the greatest woe.
Muy a mi pesar, mi padre no puede acudir a la reunión. To my sorrow, my father cannot attend the meeting.
Cuando estás alegre, los libros pueden incrementar tu felicidad; cuando estás triste, los libros pueden aliviar tu pesar. When you are cheerful, books can increase your happiness; when you are sad, books can lessen your sorrow.
¿Cuánto crees que pesa Tom? How much do you think Tom weighs?
¿Cuánto mides y cuánto pesas? How tall are you, and how much do you weigh?
Peso más o menos 60 kilos. I weigh about 60 kilos.
Tom pesa más de 90 kilos. Tom weighs over 90 kilograms.
Él pesa cerca de 300 libras. He weighs about 300 pounds.
Tom no sabe cuánto pesa Mary. Tom doesn't know how much Mary weighs.
Su mentira pesó sobre su conciencia. His lie weighed on his conscience.
Helen no pesa más de 40 kilogramos. Helen weighs not more than 40 kilograms.
Él cortó la carne y la pesó. He cut up the meat and weighed it.
El cerebro humano pesa cerca de tres libras. The human brain weighs about three pounds.
Esta caja pesa una tonelada. ¿Qué hay adentro? This box weighs a ton. What's inside?
En la luna yo pesaría sólo quince kilos. On the moon I would weigh only fifteen kilos.
A pesar de mis órdenes, no vinieron. They didn't come in spite of my orders.
Vino a pesar de la gran nevada. He came, despite the heavy snowfall.
A pesar de que el sol había salido hacía frío. Although the sun was out, it was cold.
Persistimos a pesar de todos los problemas. We hung on in spite of all the troubles.
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