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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese penssamento (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from penssar (“to think”) + -mento, from Latin pēnsāre (“to ponder”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pensamento m (plural pensamentos)
- a thought; an idea
- Synonym: idea
- (uncountable) thinking (process by which thoughts arise)
- ideology (beliefs and principle of a group)
- Synonym: ideoloxía
- garden pansy
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “penssamento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pensamento”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pensamento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pensamento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pensamento”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese penssamento, from penssar (“to think”) + -mento, from Latin pēnsāre (“to ponder”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pen‧sa‧men‧to
Noun
pensamento m (plural pensamentos)
- a thought; an idea
- Synonym: ideia
- (uncountable) thinking (process by which thoughts arise)
- Synonym: reflexão
- ideology (beliefs and principle of a group)
- Synonym: ideologia
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:pensamento.
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