pienso

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjenso/ [ˈpjẽn.so]
• Rhymes: -enso
• Syllabification: pien‧so

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin pēnsum, cf. the doublet peso.

Noun

pienso m (plural piensos)

1. animal feed

Descendants

• → Catalan: pinso

Etymology 2

Deverbal from pensar (“to think”).

Noun

pienso m (plural piensos)

1. (obsolete) thought

   Synonym: pensamiento

Verb

pienso

1. first-person singular present indicative of pensar

Further reading

• “pienso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014