🇪🇸 Spanish

pesos

masculine

los pesos

weights

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pesos
/los ˈpesos/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say pesos in Spanish?

IPA
/los ˈpesos/

How do you pronounce pesos in Spanish?

pesos is pronounced /los ˈpesos/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El peso mexicano es más bajo que el peso argentino.

The Mexican peso is lower than the Argentine peso.

El peso actual del paquete es demasiado pesado para enviar.

The current weight of the package is too heavy to send.

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Why is it masculine?

Pesos is masculine because it derives from Latin "pensum" (a weighed amount), which was neuter in Latin but became masculine when adopted into Spanish's two-gender system, likely influenced by the masculine ending -o that developed in Romance languages. This is ultimately an exception to predictable gender rules, as Latin neuter nouns didn't follow a consistent pattern when Romance languages simplified to two genders.

What is the Spanish word for weights?

The Spanish word for weights is los pesos — masculine.

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