pensamento

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese penssamento, from penssar (to think) + -mento, from Latin pēnsāre, present active infinitive of pēnsō (I ponder).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌpẽ.sa.ˈmẽ.tu/, /ˌpẽ.sɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌpẽ.sa.ˈmẽ.to/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pẽ.sɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/
  • Hyphenation: pen‧sa‧men‧to

Noun

pensamento m (plural pensamentos)

  1. a thought; an idea
  2. (uncountable) thinking (process by which thoughts arise)
  3. ideology (beliefs and principle of a group)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:pensamento.

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Kabuverdianu: pensaméntu
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