pensativo

Portuguese

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti

Proto-Italic *pendō

Latin pendō

Latin pēnsāre

Portuguese pensar

Portuguese -tivo

Portuguese pensativo

From pensar (“to think”) + -tivo.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pẽ.saˈt͡ʃi.vu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽ.sɐˈti.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽ.sɐˈti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽ.sɐˈti.bu/ [pẽ.sɐˈti.βu]

• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: pen‧sa‧ti‧vo

Adjective

pensativo (feminine pensativa, masculine plural pensativos, feminine plural pensativas)

1. pensive

   Synonym: pensoso

Derived terms

• pensativamente

Related terms

• pensamento
• pensar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

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Spanish pensar

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvusder.

Spanish -ivo

Spanish pensativo

From pensar + -ivo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pensaˈtibo/ [pẽn.saˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: pen‧sa‧ti‧vo

Adjective

pensativo (feminine pensativa, masculine plural pensativos, feminine plural pensativas)

1. pensive

Related terms

• pensamiento

Further reading

• “pensativo”, 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