pensativo
Portuguese, adjective/pẽ.saˈt͡ʃi.vu/
pensativo is spelled P-E-N-S-A-T-I-V-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,177th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pensativo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “pensive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ocupado a pensar”.
What does pensativo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pensive
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ocupado a pensar 2. preocupado
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 pensativo
- pensativa feminine
- pensativos masculine plural
- pensativas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pensativo?
- Brazil /pẽ.saˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Portugal /pẽ.sɐˈti.vu/
- Portugal /pẽ.sɐˈti.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pensativo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pensativo in Portuguese?
pensativo appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).