pensoso

Italian

Etymology

From pensare +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /penˈso.zo/, (traditional) /penˈso.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: pen‧só‧so

Adjective

pensoso (feminine pensosa, masculine plural pensosi, feminine plural pensose)

1. thoughtful, pensive

Derived terms

• pensosamente
• pensosità

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From pensar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pẽ.ˈso.zo/

Adjective

pensoso (plural pensosos, feminine pensosa, feminine plural pensosas)

1. pensive, sad

Descendants

• Portuguese: pensoso

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pensoso, corresponding to pensar (“to think”) +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pẽˈso.zu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽˈso.zu/

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

Adjective

pensoso (feminine pensosa, masculine plural pensosos, feminine plural pensosas, metaphonic)

1. (archaic) pensive

   Synonym: pensativo

   • 1826, Almeida Garrett, D. Branca, J. P. Aillaud, page 76:

     E ao septimo volveu triste e pensoso

     And, after seven days he came back, looking sad and pensive

Further reading

• “pensoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026