repensar

Catalan

Etymology

From re- +‎ pensar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

repensar (first-person singular present repenso, first-person singular preterite repensí, past participle repensat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to rethink (to think again about a problem)
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to change one's mind
   • 1955, Xavier Benguerel, El testament:

     S'acotà a l'escalfapanxes amb l'intent de cremar la carta, però es repensà.

     She bent down to the fireplace with the intent of burning the letter but changed her mind.

Conjugation

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From re- +‎ pensar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re‧pen‧sar

Verb

repensar (first-person singular present repenso, first-person singular preterite repensei, past participle repensado)

1. to rethink (to think again about a problem)

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ pensar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /repenˈsaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧pen‧sar

Verb

repensar (first-person singular present repienso, first-person singular preterite repensé, past participle repensado)

1. (transitive) to rethink

Conjugation

Further reading

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