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"to think" in sette lingue

Significatoto think

Spagnolo

pensar

/penˈsaɾ/

dotta

Semi-learned, yet it diphthongizes like an old word: pienso, piensas.

Francese

penser

/pɑ̃se/

dotta

Italiano

pensare

/penˈsare/

dotta

Portoghese

pensar

/pẽˈsah/

dotta

The inherited doublet is pesar 'to weigh'.

Rumeno

gândi

/ɡɨnˈdi/

altra origine · Hungarian gond 'care, worry'

Catalano

pensar

/pənˈsa/

dotta

Inglese

think

/θɪŋk/

inglese nativa · Old English þencan

Inglese → Italianoto thinkpensareNon imparentataOrigini diverse: questa va imparata da zero. Ma l’inglese ha dei parenti: pensive, pension, compensate, expensive.Cosa hanno in comune inglese e italiano

L’antenato latino

PĒNSĀRE‘to weigh, ponder’

Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.

La storia

Thinking was weighing. The inherited heirs of PĒNSĀRE lost the n and still mean 'to weigh' (pesar, peser, pesare); pensar, penser and pensare are the semi-learned doublets that kept it.

Parenti inglesi: pensive, pension, compensate, expensive

Imparala

Esercitati con il mazzo "Verbi fondamentali"Metti alla prova un amico

In una frase

  • es¿Qué piensas?
  • frQu'est-ce que tu en penses ?
  • itCosa ne pensi?
  • ptO que você pensa disso?
  • roTu ce crezi?
  • caQuè en penses?
  • enWhat do you think?

La famiglia latina

PEND-, PENS-· hang, weigh

PENSĀRE 'to weigh' already lost its n in spoken Latin (NS → S, as in MĒNSA → mesa), giving the inherited pesar, peser, pesare 'to weigh'. The Church and the schools kept the full form for 'weighing things in the mind', and pensar, penser, pensare 'to think' are that learned branch. French even has a third doublet: panser 'to dress (a wound)', originally just a spelling of penser 'to take care of'. Portuguese and Catalan keep both doublets (pesar beside pensar). Romanian kept only the worn-down one, as păsa 'to matter' (nu-mi pasă 'I don't care'), and thinks with gândi, a Hungarian loan.

  • PENSĀREto weigh

    espesarfrpeseritpesareptpesarropăsacapesar

  • PENSĀREto weigh in the mind, think

    espensarfrpenseritpensareptpensarcapensar

  • PENSUMa weight (of wool)

    espesofrpoidsitpesoptpesocapesenpoise

  • PENSIŌNEMa payment (weighed out)

    espensiónfrpensionitpensioneptpensãoropensiecapensióenpension

  • COMPENSĀREto weigh one thing against another

    escompensarfrcompenseritcompensareptcompensarrocompensacacompensarencompensate

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