How to Say ‘How much do you weigh?’ in Portuguese
Quanto pesa?
KWAHN-too PEH-zah
[KWAHN-too PEH-zah]
💬 Usage Tip: With [você], Portuguese often leaves the subject word out, so [Quanto pesa?] literally has no spoken [you]. The same pattern works in [Quanto mede?] for [How tall are you?].
Phrase Breakdown
Quanto
[KWAHN-too]
how much
Used in questions about amount or weight.
Quanto pesa este saco?
How much does this bag weigh?
Pesa?
PEH-zah
does it weigh?
From the verb 'pesar' (to weigh). In this question, it asks for someone’s weight.
O bebé pesa pouco.
The baby weighs little.
Words in this phrase
pesa
[PEH-zah]
does [it/you] weigh
Verb form from 'pesar' used to ask about weight.
Ele pesa muito para a idade.
He weighs a lot for his age.
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