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pensar

/penˈsaɾ/, [pẽnˈsaɾ]

think, to think

Verb pensar (first-person singular present pienso, first-person singular preterite pensé, past participle pensado)

  1. to think
    Pienso, luego existo.
    I think, therefore I am.
  2. to reflect upon a situation
  3. to intend; to try
  4. to think about
    ¿Por qué no pensé en eso antes?
    Why did I not think of that before?

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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