pensar

From Latin pēnsāre. Doublet of pesar.

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

1. to think

• pensamientu

Inherited from Latin pēnsāre. First attested in the 12th century.^[1] Doublet of pesar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pənˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [penˈsaɾ]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

pensar (first-person singular present penso, first-person singular preterite pensí, past participle pensat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to think
2. to think about, to think of, to have in mind [with en]
3. to think about, to be of the opinion about [with de]
4. to remember, to reminisce over [with a]

• ni pensar-hi
• pensa
• pensada
• pensador
• pensament

• “pensar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pensar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pensar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Latin pensāre. Doublet of pesar (“to weigh”)

pensar (ORB, broad)

1. to think

• penser in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• pensar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

From Latin pēnsāre. Doublet of pesar.

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 Latin pēnsāre. Doublet of pesar.

pensar (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

Inherited from Latin pēnsāre. Doublet of pesar.

• IPA^(key): /pẽˈs̺aɾ/ [pɐ̃ˈs̺aɾ] (Central)
• IPA^(key): /pẽˈs̺aɾ/ [pɨ̃ˈs̺aɾ] (Sendinese)

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pen‧sar

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

1. to think

• Ferreira, Amadeu; Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona (2003–2022), “pensar”, in Dicionário de Mirandês-Português [Mirandese-Portuguese Dictionary].

From Latin pēnsāre. Doublet of pesar.

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 Latin pēnsāre. Doublet of pesar.

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pen‧sar

pensar (first-person singular present penso, first-person singular preterite pensei, 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 using this term, see Citations:pensar.

• pensamento

• “pensar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pensar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From Spanish pensar (“to think”).

pensar

1. to think

• Feissat et Demonchy, Dictionnaire de la Langue Franque, ou Petit Mauresque

Old Spanish pensar, from Latin pēnsāre. Doublet of pesar. Compare English pensive.

• IPA^(key): /penˈsaɾ/ [pẽnˈsaɾ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pen‧sar

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

1. to think, ponder

   pensar en/sobre algo ― think about/of something

   Pienso, luego existo.

   I think, therefore I am.

   (René Descartes)

   (translated from the original Latin to Spanish)

   ¿Por qué no pensé en eso antes?

   Why didn't I think of that before?

2. (also reflexive) to reflect, think through
3. to think of, think that (have an opinion on)

   Near-synonym: creer

   ¿Qué piensas de/sobre/acerca de/en cuanto a/respecto a/con respecto a/referente a la película?

   What do you think of the movie?

   ¿Qué piensas al respecto?

   What do you think of it/that?

   ¿Piensas/crees que la historia es buena?

   Do you think that history is good?

4. to intend, to plan, to want [with infinitive ‘to do something’]

   Nunca pensé lastimarte.

   I never meant to hurt you.

   No pienso afeitarme hasta que llegue el verano.

   I don't plan to shave until summer. / I'm absolutely not shaving until summer. (depending on tone)

   ¡No pienso ir allí!

   I am NOT going there!

When it precedes the conjunction que and a clause, the affirmative form can only be used before the indicative mood, and the use of the subjunctive is grammatically incorrect. The subjunctive mood can be used after interrogative or negative sentences to express doubt. The use of the indicative mood in these cases is grammatically incorrect.

• Sabir: pensar

• creer
• opinar

• “pensar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

From Latin pēnsāre. Doublet of pexar.

pensar

1. (intransitive) to think

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