contrapeso
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Noun ===
contrapeso m (plural contrapesos)
counterweight, counterbalance
==== Derived terms ====
pesos e contrapesos
==== Related terms ====
peso
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Noun ====
contrapeso m (plural contrapesos)
counterweight (weight used to balance a load)
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
contrapeso
first-person singular present indicative of contrapesar
=== Further reading ===
“contrapeso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“contrapeso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kontɾaˈpeso/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾaˈpe.so]
Rhymes: -eso
Syllabification: con‧tra‧pe‧so
=== Etymology 1 ===
From contra- + peso.
==== Noun ====
contrapeso m (plural contrapesos)
counterweight
===== Related terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
contrapeso
first-person singular present indicative of contrapesar
=== Further reading ===
“contrapeso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025