pensamento
Portuguese, noun/pẽ.saˈmẽ.tu/
pensamento is spelled P-E-N-S-A-M-E-N-T-O (10 letters) and appears 56 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,705th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pensamento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a thought; an idea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou faculdade de pensar”.
What does pensamento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea thought; an idea
- 2
masculinethinking (process by which thoughts arise)
- 3
masculineideology (beliefs and principle of a group)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou faculdade de pensar 2. ato de inteligência 3. ideia 4. espírito
noun: 1. sobrenome
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pensamento
- pensamentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pensamento?
- Brazil /pẽ.saˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal /pẽ.sɐˈmẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pensamento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pensamento in Portuguese?
pensamento appears 56 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).