ponderous

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Ultimately from Latin ponderōsus (“weighty”).

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: ثقيل — heavy, massive, weighty
• Bulgarian: тежък (težǎk) — heavy, massive, weighty
• Bulgarian: масивен (masiven) — heavy, massive, weighty
• Catalan: ponderós — heavy, massive, weighty
• Finnish: raskas — heavy, massive, weighty
• Finnish: painava — heavy, massive, weighty
• Finnish: järkälemäinen — heavy, massive, weighty
• Greek: βαρύς (varýs) — heavy, massive, weighty
• Russian: тяжёлый (tjažólyj) — heavy, massive, weighty
• Russian: уве́систый (uvésistyj) — heavy, massive, weighty
• Spanish: ponderoso — heavy, massive, weighty
• Ottoman Turkish: آغر (ağır) — heavy, massive, weighty
• Ottoman Turkish: وزین (vezin) — heavy, massive, weighty
• Finnish: rasittava — serious, onerous, oppressive
• Finnish: raskas — serious, onerous, oppressive
• Bulgarian: тромав (tromav) — clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight
• Finnish: kömpelö — clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight
• Finnish: raskas — clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight
• French: pesant — clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight
• French: maladroit — clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight
• French: béotien — clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight
• French: grossier — clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight
• French: conformiste — clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight
• German: schwerfällig — clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight
• Greek: δυσκίνητος (dyskínitos) — clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight
• Irish: anásta — clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight
• Māori: māngaingai — clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight
• Plautdietsch: schwoafalich — clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight
• Russian: неуклю́жий (neukljúžij) — clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight
• Russian: неповоро́тливый (nepovorótlivyj) — clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight
• Spanish: pesado — clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight
• Spanish: torpe — clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight
• Spanish: beocio — clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight
• Spanish: grosero — clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight
• Spanish: conformista — clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight
• Bulgarian: скучен (skučen) — dull or boring
• Bulgarian: досаден (dosaden) — dull or boring
• Finnish: rasittava — dull or boring
• Finnish: pitkäveteinen — dull or boring
• Finnish: uuvuttava — dull or boring
• Finnish: raskas — dull or boring
• French: lourd — dull or boring
• French: pesant — dull or boring
• French: écrasant — dull or boring
• French: abrutissant — dull or boring
• French: dogmatique — dull or boring
• Greek: πληκτικός (pliktikós) — dull or boring
• Greek: βαρετός (varetós) — dull or boring
• Portuguese: enfadonho — dull or boring
• Russian: ску́чный (skúčnyj) — dull or boring
• Russian: ну́дный (núdnyj) — dull or boring
• Spanish: grave — dull or boring
• Spanish: torpe — dull or boring
• Spanish: abrumador — dull or boring
• Spanish: agobiante — dull or boring
• Spanish: aplastante — dull or boring
• Spanish: dogmático — dull or boring
• Finnish: pohdiskeleva — characterized by or associated with pondering
• Finnish: raskassoutuinen — characterized by or associated with pondering