Pesaron el equipaje facturado en la báscula.

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Breakdown of Pesaron el equipaje facturado en la báscula.

• pesar: to weigh
• el equipaje facturado: the checked baggage
• la báscula: the weighing scale

Questions & Answers about Pesaron el equipaje facturado en la báscula.

What tense and person is pesaron?

Pesaron is the preterite (simple past) of pesar, in the third person plural.

So it literally means they weighed.

In this sentence, the action is seen as a completed event in the past: the luggage was weighed, and that action is finished.

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pesar = to weigh
pesaron = they weighed

Who does they refer to in pesaron?

It often does not refer to a specific named group.

In Spanish, the third person plural is very commonly used when the speaker does not say exactly who did the action, but the people are understood from context. Here, it would probably mean something like:

• airport staff
• the airline employees
• the people at check-in

So Pesaron el equipaje facturado... can feel like:

• They weighed the checked luggage
• or more naturally in English, The checked luggage was weighed

Spanish often uses this structure instead of a passive.

Why is el equipaje singular, not plural?