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pensar

/penˈsaɾ/, [pẽnˈsaɾ]

think, to think

Gerund: pensando

Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular pensado pensada
Plural pensados pensadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo pienso pensaba pensé pensaré pensaría
tú piensas pensabas pensaste pensarás pensarías
él/ella/Ud. piensa pensaba pensó pensará pensaría
nosotros pensamos pensábamos pensamos pensaremos pensaríamos
vosotros pensáis pensabais pensasteis pensaréis pensaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. piensan pensaban pensaron pensarán pensarían
vos pensás pensabas pensaste pensarás pensarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo piense pensara pensase pensare
tú pienses pensaras pensases pensares
él/ella/Ud. piense pensara pensase pensare
nosotros pensemos pensáramos pensásemos pensáremos
vosotros penséis pensarais pensaseis pensareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. piensen pensaran pensasen pensaren
vos pensés pensaras pensases pensares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
tú piensa no pienses
Ud. piense no piense
nosotros pensemos no pensemos
vosotros pensad no penséis
Uds. piensen no piensen
vos pensá no pienses

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • El secreto del éxito es no pensar en el fracaso.

    The secret of success is not to think of failure.

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  • No puedo evitar pensar que mi hijo está aún vivo.

    I cannot help thinking that my son is still alive.

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  • Déjame pensar un minuto.

    Let me think for a minute.

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  • Tom no podía pensar en ninguna motivo por el que él no debiera quedarse.

    Tom could think of no reason why he shouldn't stay.

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  • Cuando a una mujer se la deja sola mucho tiempo, tarde o temprano, ésta empieza a pensar; y ningún hombre sabe lo que ella podría descubrir.

    For when a woman is left too much alone, sooner or later she begins to think;- And no man knows what then she may discover.

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  • No es bueno pensar duro cuando estás enfermo.

    It's not good to think hard when you're sick.

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  • Tendemos a pensar que la mayoría de los perros muerden.

    We are inclined to think that most dogs bite.

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  • Trato de no pensar al respecto.

    I try not to think about it.

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  • Acabo de pensar en algo muy interesante.

    I just thought of something really interesting.

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  • La gente solía pensar que el sol giraba alrededor de la Tierra.

    People used to think the sun revolved around the earth.

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