meditar

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin meditor.

Pronunciation

Verb

meditar (first-person singular present medito, first-person singular preterite medití, past participle meditat)

  1. (intransitive) to meditate (rest while remaining conscious)
    • 2015, Emmanuel Carrére, El Regne, Anagrama →ISBN
      [] uns quants anys més tard, em demanaré si és millor posarse a meditar abans o després dels exercicis de ioga.
      [] a few years later, I'll wonder if it's better to start meditating before or after doing yoga exercises.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to meditate, to ponder, to contemplate
    • 2000, Salvador Llobet i Reverter: la geografia, entre ciència i passió, Institut d'Estudis Catalans →ISBN, page 98
      No és imprescindible estudiar moltes matèries, ni llegir molts llibres; poden ser pocs, però bons i ben meditats.
      It's not essential to study many subjects or read many books; they can be few, as long as they're good and well-pondered.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin meditor.

Verb

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  1. to meditate
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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin meditor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mediˈtaɾ/ [me.ð̞iˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

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  1. (intransitive) to meditate (rest while remaining conscious)
    • 2015, Paloma Sainz Martínez Vara de Rey, Mindfulness para niños, Grupo Planeta Spain →ISBN
      Toda persona debería aprender a meditar, y cuanto antes en la vida lo haga, tanto mejor.
      Everyone should learn to meditate, and the sooner in life that they do, the better.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to meditate, to ponder, to contemplate
    • 2006, Juan C. González, Perspectivas contemporáneas sobre la cognición: categorización, percepción y conceptualización, Siglo XXI →ISBN, page 77
      No meditan sobre sus propias representaciones mentales.
      They don't contemplate their own mental representations.

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