pienso

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjenso/ [ˈpjẽn.so]
  • Rhymes: -enso
  • Syllabification: pien‧so

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin pēnsum, cf. the doublet peso.

Noun

pienso m (plural piensos)

  1. animal feed
Descendants
  • → Catalan: pinso

Etymology 2

Deverbal from pensar (“to think”).

Noun

pienso m (plural piensos)

  1. (obsolete) thought
    Synonym: pensamiento
Derived terms
  • ni por pienso

Verb

pienso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pensar

Further reading

  • “pienso”, 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
  • Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “pienso”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
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