sopesar

Portuguese

Etymology

From so- +‎ pesar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.peˈza(ʁ)/ [so.peˈza(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.peˈza(ʁ)/ [so.peˈza(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /so.peˈza(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /so.peˈza(ʁ)/ [so.peˈza(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.peˈza(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.pɨˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.pɨˈzaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.pɨˈza.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: so‧pe‧sar

Verb

sopesar (first-person singular present sopeso, first-person singular preterite sopesei, past participle sopesado)

1. to distribute equally
2. to equilibrate
3. (figuratively) to evaluate, to weigh up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sopesar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	sopesar
Personal	sopesar	sopesares	sopesar	sopesarmos	sopesardes	sopesarem
Gerund
	sopesando
Past participle
Masculine	sopesado			sopesados
Feminine	sopesada			sopesadas
Indicative
Present	sopeso	sopesas	sopesa	sopesamos	sopesais	sopesam
Imperfect	sopesava	sopesavas	sopesava	sopesávamos	sopesáveis	sopesavam
Preterite	sopesei	sopesaste	sopesou	sopesamos1, sopesámos2	sopesastes	sopesaram
Pluperfect	sopesara	sopesaras	sopesara	sopesáramos	sopesáreis	sopesaram
Future	sopesarei	sopesarás	sopesará	sopesaremos	sopesareis	sopesarão
Conditional	sopesaria	sopesarias	sopesaria	sopesaríamos	sopesaríeis	sopesariam
Subjunctive
Present	sopese	sopeses	sopese	sopesemos	sopeseis	sopesem
Imperfect	sopesasse	sopesasses	sopesasse	sopesássemos	sopesásseis	sopesassem
Future	sopesar	sopesares	sopesar	sopesarmos	sopesardes	sopesarem
Imperative
Affirmative		sopesa	sopese	sopesemos	sopesai	sopesem
Negative (não)		não sopeses	não sopese	não sopesemos	não sopeseis	não sopesem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• pesar

Spanish

Etymology

so (“under”) + pesar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sopeˈsaɾ/ [so.peˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: so‧pe‧sar

Verb

sopesar (first-person singular present sopeso, first-person singular preterite sopesé, past participle sopesado)

1. to evaluate, to weigh up, to weigh, to consider

   Synonym: sompesar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sopesar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			sopesar
gerund			sopesando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sopesado		sopesada
		plural		sopesados		sopesadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sopeso	sopesastú sopesásvos	sopesa	sopesamos	sopesáis	sopesan
	imperfect	sopesaba	sopesabas	sopesaba	sopesábamos	sopesabais	sopesaban
	preterite	sopesé	sopesaste	sopesó	sopesamos	sopesasteis	sopesaron
	future	sopesaré	sopesarás	sopesará	sopesaremos	sopesaréis	sopesarán
	conditional	sopesaría	sopesarías	sopesaría	sopesaríamos	sopesaríais	sopesarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sopese	sopesestú sopesésvos2	sopese	sopesemos	sopeséis	sopesen
	imperfect (ra)	sopesara	sopesaras	sopesara	sopesáramos	sopesarais	sopesaran
	imperfect (se)	sopesase	sopesases	sopesase	sopesásemos	sopesaseis	sopesasen
	future1	sopesare	sopesares	sopesare	sopesáremos	sopesareis	sopesaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sopesatú sopesávos	sopese	sopesemos	sopesad	sopesen
	negative		no sopeses	no sopese	no sopesemos	no sopeséis	no sopesen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of sopesar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive sopesar
	dative	sopesarme	sopesarte	sopesarle, sopesarse	sopesarnos	sopesaros	sopesarles, sopesarse
	accusative	sopesarme	sopesarte	sopesarlo, sopesarla, sopesarse	sopesarnos	sopesaros	sopesarlos, sopesarlas, sopesarse
with gerund sopesando
	dative	sopesándome	sopesándote	sopesándole, sopesándose	sopesándonos	sopesándoos	sopesándoles, sopesándose
	accusative	sopesándome	sopesándote	sopesándolo, sopesándola, sopesándose	sopesándonos	sopesándoos	sopesándolos, sopesándolas, sopesándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sopesa
	dative	sopésame	sopésate	sopésale	sopésanos	not used	sopésales
	accusative	sopésame	sopésate	sopésalo, sopésala	sopésanos	not used	sopésalos, sopésalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sopesá
	dative	sopesame	sopesate	sopesale	sopesanos	not used	sopesales
	accusative	sopesame	sopesate	sopesalo, sopesala	sopesanos	not used	sopesalos, sopesalas
with formal second-person singular imperative sopese
	dative	sopéseme	not used	sopésele, sopésese	sopésenos	not used	sopéseles
	accusative	sopéseme	not used	sopéselo, sopésela, sopésese	sopésenos	not used	sopéselos, sopéselas
with first-person plural imperative sopesemos
	dative	not used	sopesémoste	sopesémosle	sopesémonos	sopesémoos	sopesémosles
	accusative	not used	sopesémoste	sopesémoslo, sopesémosla	sopesémonos	sopesémoos	sopesémoslos, sopesémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sopesad
	dative	sopesadme	not used	sopesadle	sopesadnos	sopesaos	sopesadles
	accusative	sopesadme	not used	sopesadlo, sopesadla	sopesadnos	sopesaos	sopesadlos, sopesadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sopesen
	dative	sopésenme	not used	sopésenle	sopésennos	not used	sopésenles, sopésense
	accusative	sopésenme	not used	sopésenlo, sopésenla	sopésennos	not used	sopésenlos, sopésenlas, sopésense

Further reading

• “sopesar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014