pensa

See also: pensá, pensà, pensâ, and pensă

Catalan

Etymology

From pensar.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛn.sə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛn.sa/

Noun

pensa f (plural penses)

1. thought (the facility to think)
2. thought (the act of thinking)

Verb

pensa

1. third-person singular present indicative form of pensar
2. second-person singular imperative form of pensar

Further reading

• “pensa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Danish

Noun

pensa n

1. indefinite plural of pensum

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• bensa

Noun

pensa

1. (colloquial) gasoline, gas

Declension

Inflection of pensa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		pensa	pensat
genitive		pensan	pensojen
partitive		pensaa	pensoja
illative		pensaan	pensoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pensa	pensat
accusative	nom.	pensa	pensat
	gen.	pensan
genitive		pensan	pensojen pensainrare
partitive		pensaa	pensoja
inessive		pensassa	pensoissa
elative		pensasta	pensoista
illative		pensaan	pensoihin
adessive		pensalla	pensoilla
ablative		pensalta	pensoilta
allative		pensalle	pensoille
essive		pensana	pensoina
translative		pensaksi	pensoiksi
instructive		—	pensoin
abessive		pensatta	pensoitta
comitative		—	pensoineen

Possessive forms of pensa (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	pensani	pensamme
2nd person	pensasi	pensanne
3rd person	pensansa

Anagrams

• napse, sapen

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

pensa

1. third-person singular past historic of penser

Anagrams

• panes, panés, panse, pansé

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese pensar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu pensa.

Verb

pensa

1. to think

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Interlingua

Verb

pensa

1. present of pensar
2. imperative of pensar

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Italian

Verb

pensa

1. inflection of pensare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• pansé

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese pensar.

Verb

pensa

1. to think

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Latin

Verb

pēnsā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pēnsō

References

• “pensa”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• pensa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pensa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• pensumer

Noun

pensa n

1. indefinite plural of pensum

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

pensa n

1. (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of pensum
2. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of pensum

Etymology 2

Verb

pensa (present tense pensar, past tense pensa, past participle pensa, passive infinitive pensast, present participle pensande, imperative pensa/pens)

1. alternative form of pense

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese pensar and Spanish pensar and Kabuverdianu pensa.

Verb

pensa

1. to think

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpẽ.sɐ/, [ˈpẽ.sɐ]

Verb

pensa

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of pensar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of pensar

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Romanian

Etymology

From French pincer.

Verb

a pensa (third-person singular present pensează, past participle pensat) 1st conj.

1. to pinch (skin)

Conjugation

    conjugation of pensa (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a pensa
gerund			pensând
past participle			pensat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	pensez	pensezi	pensează	pensăm	pensați	pensează
	imperfect	pensam	pensai	pensa	pensam	pensați	pensau
	simple perfect	pensai	pensași	pensă	pensarăm	pensarăți	pensară
	pluperfect	pensasem	pensaseși	pensase	pensaserăm	pensaserăți	pensaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să pensez	să pensezi	să penseze	să pensăm	să pensați	să penseze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		pensează			pensați
	negative		nu pensa			nu pensați