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[weit]1) (the amount which a person or thing weighs: He's put on a lot of weight (= got much fatter) over the years.) peso2) (a piece of metal etc of a standard weight: seven-pound weight.) peso3) (a heavy object, especially one for lifting as a sport: He lifts weights to develop his muscles.) peso4) (burden; load: You have taken a weight off my mind.) peso5) (importance: Her opinion carries a lot of weight.)* * *[weit] n 1 peso: a) fadiga, opressão. b) carga. I am twice her weight / eu peso o dobro dela. it loses/ gains in weight / perde/ganha peso. c) fig ônus, encargo. d) importância, relevância, influência. his words carry/ have great weight with us / suas palavras têm grande peso para nós. e) valor, significado. that adds weight to his words / isto dá valor a suas palavras. f) tudo que faz pressão. g) peso de balança. h) esfera de ferro para arremesso de peso. 2 sistema de pesos. 3 unidade de sistema de pesos. • vt 1 pesar: a) determinar o peso de. b) fig ponderar, considerar atentamente. c) fig carregar, oprimir. 2 tornar mais pesado. 3 dar peso determinado a. 4 Stat dar determinado valor ou peso a. a matter of great weight um assunto de muita importância. a set of weights um jogo de pesos (para balança). by weight por peso. dead weight a) Naut peso bruto. b) fig peso morto. gross weight peso bruto. live weight peso vivo. net weight peso líquido. to lose weight emagrecer. to pull one’s weight contribuir com sua sorte. to put on weight ganhar peso, engordar. to put the weight Sports arremessar o peso. under/ over weight abaixo/acima do peso ideal. weights and measures pesos e medidas. -
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[weit]1) (the amount which a person or thing weighs: He's put on a lot of weight (= got much fatter) over the years.) peso2) (a piece of metal etc of a standard weight: seven-pound weight.) peso3) (a heavy object, especially one for lifting as a sport: He lifts weights to develop his muscles.) peso4) (burden; load: You have taken a weight off my mind.) peso5) (importance: Her opinion carries a lot of weight.) -
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pesoEnglish-Portuguese dictionary of military terminology > weight
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5 weight lifting
weight lift.ing[w'eit liftiŋ] n Sports levantamento de pesos. -
6 weight-watchers
weight-watch.ers[w'eit wɔtʃəz] n vigilantes do peso. -
7 weight of attack
peso do ataqueEnglish-Portuguese dictionary of military terminology > weight of attack
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8 weight zone
indicativo de classificação por pesoEnglish-Portuguese dictionary of military terminology > weight zone
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9 dead weight
dead weight[ded w'eit] n 1 peso morto, peso próprio. 2 ônus pesado, carga onerosa.————————dead weighta) Naut peso bruto. b) fig peso morto. -
10 gross weight
gross weight[grous w'eit] n Econ peso bruto.————————gross weightpeso bruto. -
11 net weight
net weight[net w'eit] n peso líquido.————————net weightpeso líquido. -
12 to carry great weight
to carry great weightter muito peso, pesar muito. his judgements carry great weight/seu critério, seu parecer pesa muito. -
13 a matter of great weight
a matter of great weightum assunto de muita importância. -
14 apothecaries’ weight
a.poth.e.car.ies’ weight[əp'ɔθikəriz weit] n sistema de pesos usado pelos farmacêuticos no preparo das receitas. -
15 atomic weight
a.tom.ic weight[ətɔmik w'eit] n Phys, Chem peso atômico. -
16 avoirdupois weight
av.oir.du.pois weight[ævədəp'ɔiz weit] n sistema de pesos usado em todos os países da língua inglesa para qualquer material, exceto pedras e metais preciosos e drogas. -
17 balance-weight
bal.ance-weight[b'æləns weit] n contrapeso. -
18 bantam-weight
ban.tam-weight[b'æntəm weit] n boxe peso leve ou galo, lutador com menos de 118 libras. -
19 by weight
by weightpor peso. -
20 combining weight
com.bin.ing weight[kəmb'ainiŋ weit] n Chem peso equivalente, equivalente-grama: peso atômico de um átomo ou radical, dividido por sua valência.
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Weight — Weight, n. [OE. weght, wight, AS. gewiht; akin to D. gewigt, G. gewicht, Icel. v[ae]tt, Sw. vigt, Dan. v[ae]gt. See {Weigh}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
weight — [wāt] n. [ME weiht, altered (infl. by weien, WEIGH1) < OE wiht < wegan: see WEIGH1] 1. a portion or quantity weighing a definite or specified amount [ten pounds weight of lead] 2. a) heaviness as a quality of things … English World dictionary
Weight — Weight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weighting}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a jockey at a race; to weight a whip handle.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
weight — ► NOUN 1) a body s relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; heaviness. 2) Physics the force exerted on the mass of a body by a gravitational field. 3) the quality of being heavy. 4) a unit or… … English terms dictionary
weight — O.E. gewiht, from P.Gmc. * (ga)wekhtiz, * (ga)wekhtjan (Cf. O.N. vætt, O.Fris. wicht, M.Du. gewicht, Ger. Gewicht), from *weg (see WEIGH (Cf. weigh)). The verb meaning to load with weight is attested from 1747; sense in statistics is recorded… … Etymology dictionary
weight — [n1] heaviness adiposity, avoirdupois, ballast, burden, density, G factor*, gravity, gross, heft, heftiness, load, mass, measurement, net, ponderosity, ponderousness, poundage, pressure, substance, tonnage; concept 795 weight [n2] something used… … New thesaurus
weight|y — «WAY tee», adjective, weight|i|er, weight|i|est. 1. heavy; having much weight. SYNONYM(S): ponderous. See syn. under … Useful english dictionary
Weight — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Doug Weight (* 1971), US amerikanischer Eishockeyspieler Pamela Weight, britische Eiskunstläuferin Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort … Deutsch Wikipedia
weight — I (burden) noun care, cumbrance, duty, encumbrance, incubus, liability, load, mass, obligation, onus, oppression, ponderousness, pressure, responsibility II (credibility) noun belief, certainty, confidence, credence, credibleness, credit, faith,… … Law dictionary
weight — n 1 significance, *importance, moment, consequence, import Analogous words: *worth, value: magnitude, *size, extent: seriousness, gravity (see corresponding adjectives at SERIOUS) 2 *influence, authority, prestige, cr … New Dictionary of Synonyms
weight|i|ly — «WAY tuh lee», adverb. in a weighty manner; heavily; ponderously; momentously; forcibly … Useful english dictionary