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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

pensamento

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pẽzɐˈmẽtu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Thought/θɔːt/
nounverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #145 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ela teve um pensamento repentino que mudou sua perspectiva."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An idea or opinion produced by thinking, or occurring suddenly in the mind.

    "She had a sudden thought that changed her perspective on the issue."
  2. 2

    The action or process of thinking.

    "His thought process was methodical and thorough."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'geþōht', 'þōht', stemming from the Proto-Germanic '*þuhtaz' (what is thought or seemed), connected to the verb 'think' (Old English 'þencan'). Historically, it has evolved from denoting a mental process or conception into a comprehensive term encompassing ideas, reflections, and the faculty of reasoning.

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