peso — meaning in English
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English meaning
- heft noun The feel of the weight of something; heaviness.
- peso noun The unit of currency used in several Latin American countries and the Philippines.
- scales noun A device with two pans used to measure and compare weight.
- shot noun The firing of a gun, or the result of firing it.
- weight noun How heavy someone or something is.
Senses
peso is used for these senses in English:
- heft (dated, except, UK, dialectal, and, US) The force exerted by an object due to gravitation; weight.
- peso (historical) A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar.
- scales A device for measuring weight.
- shot (countable, athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
- weight The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
heft — full definition
- noun The feel of the weight of something; heaviness.
- noun The force exerted by an object due to gravitation; weight.
- noun Graveness, seriousness; gravity.
- noun Importance, influence; weight.
peso — full definition
- noun The unit of currency used in several Latin American countries and the Philippines.
- noun Historically, the Spanish dollar, a coin once used throughout Spain's colonies.