English-Portuguese translations for weigh

• pesar
  Isto deveria pesar grandemente nas nossas consciências. This should weigh heavily on all our consciences.
  O procedimento para obter um visto devia pesar fortemente na nossa consciência. The visa procedure should weigh heavily on our conscience.
  Há que pesar as coisas e ver como tratá-las.It is a matter of how we weigh things and how we handle them.
• avaliar
  Não é fácil avaliar estes dois aspectos. Weighing up these two aspects is not easy.
  Temos, pois, de ponderar e avaliar.So we must weigh things up and make an assessment.
  Em segundo lugar, é preciso avaliar bem os riscos da moratória. Secondly, we must carefully weigh up the risks of a moratorium.
• desancorar
• levantar âncora

Definition of weigh

• To determine the weight of an object
• To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate
• To judge; to estimate
• To consider a subject.
• To have weight; to be heavy; to press down
• To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance
• To raise an anchor free of the seabed
• To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up
• To consider as worthy of notice; to regard

Examples

• He weighed out two kilos of oranges for a client.
• You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.
• I weigh ten and a half stone.

Related words

• weight
• outweigh
• heavyweight
• deadweight
• counterweight
• weighted
• overweight
• weightlifting
• weightlessness