pensativo
Portuguese
Etymology
From pensar (“to think”) + -ivo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pẽ.saˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pẽ.saˈt͡ʃi.vo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pẽ.sɐˈti.vu/
- Rhymes: -ivu
- Hyphenation: pen‧sa‧ti‧vo
Adjective
pensativo (feminine pensativa, masculine plural pensativos, feminine plural pensativas)
- pensive
- Synonym: pensoso
Derived terms
- pensativamente
Related terms
- pensamento
- pensar
Further reading
- “pensativo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
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)
- pensive
Related terms
- pensamiento
Further reading
- “pensativo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014