pensar

Borrowed from Latin pēnsāre, present active infinitive of pēnsō. Compare also pesar, derived from the same source.

pensar (first-person singular indicative present penso, past participle pensáu)

1. to think

• pensamientu

Borrowed from Latin pēnsāre, present active indicative of pēnsō. Cognate with pesar, which was inherited from the same source.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /pənˈsa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /penˈsaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

pensar (first-person singular present penso, past participle pensat)

1. to think
2. (pensar en) to think about, to think of, to have in mind
3. (pensar de) to think about, to be of the opinion about
4. (pensar a) to remember, to reminisce over

Borrowed from Latin pēnsāre, present active infinitive of pēnsō. Compare also pesar, a doublet derived from the same source.

pensar (first-person singular present penso, first-person singular preterite pensei, past participle pensado)

1. to think

• pensamento

From French penser, Italian pensare, Spanish pensar, all ultimately from Latin pēnsāre.

pensar (present tense pensas, past tense pensis, future tense pensos, imperative pensez, conditional pensus)

1. to think

pensar

1. to think

From Old Spanish pensar, borrowed from Latin pēnsāre, present active infinitive of pēnsō.

pensar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling פינסאר‎)

1. to think
   • 2000, David Altabé, “Ay koza triste en ser Sefaradi”, in Esther Benbassa, editor, Les Sépharades en littérature, page 164:

     Ay koza triste en ser Sefaradi,
     i pensar en las sivdades ke deshi,
     las glories del pasado ke pedri,
     i la soledad en ke me kayi

     There is something sad in being Sephardi
     and thinking of the cities that I've left,
     the glories of the past that I've lost
     and the loneliness into which I've fallen

Borrowed from Latin pēnsāre, present active infinitive of pēnsō.

pensar

1. to think

• pensamiento

Borrowed from Latin pēnsāre, present active infinitive of pēnsō. Compare also pesar, inherited from the same source.

pensar

1. to think
   • c. 1140, “Cantar primero. Destierro del Cid”, in Cantar de Mio Cid:

     Allí piensan de aguijar, allí sueltan las riendas.

     There they think of prodding, there they loosen the reins.

• Ladino: pensar
• Spanish: pensar

From Old Portuguese pensar, borrowed from Latin pēnsāre, present active indicative of pēnsō. See also the doublet pesar, inherited from the same source.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽˈsaɾ/

pensar (first-person singular present indicative penso, past participle pensado)

1. to think (communicate to oneself in one’s mind)
2. to conceive, intend

   As lojas foram pensadas exclusivamente para turistas.

   The shops have been conceived exclusively for tourists.

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:pensar.

• pensamento

From Old Spanish pensar, borrowed from Latin pēnsāre, present active infinitive of pēnsō. Compare also pesar, inherited from the same source.

• IPA^(key): /penˈsaɾ/, [pẽnˈsaɾ]

pensar (first-person singular present pienso, first-person singular preterite pensé, past participle pensado)

1. to think

   Pienso, luego existo. — René Descartes (translated from the original Latin to Spanish)

   I think, therefore I am.

2. to reflect upon a situation
3. to intend; to try

   pensar de

4. to think about

   ¿Por qué no pensé en eso antes?

   Why did I not think of that before?

• Do you think that history is good? — ¿Piensas que la historia es buena? (Can also use creer)

• Rule: e becomes an ie in stressed syllables.

• creer
• opinar

Borrowed from Latin pēnsāre, present active infinitive of pēnsō. Compare also pexar, derived from the same source.

pensar

1. (intransitive) to think

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.