# pensa
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈpɛn.sə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈpən.sə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpen.sa]

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from pensar.

#### Noun

pensa f (plural penses)
* thought (the facility to think)
* thought (the act of thinking)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

pensa
* inflection of pensar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

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

## Danish
### Noun

pensa n
* indefinite plural of pensum

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpensɑ/, [ˈpe̞ns̠ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ensɑ
* Hyphenation: pen‧sa

### Noun

pensa (colloquial)
* Alternative form of bensa (“gasoline, gas”)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of pensa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pensani
pensani
accusative
nom.
pensani
pensani
gen.
pensani
genitive
pensani
pensojeni pensaini $^{rare}$
partitive
pensaani
pensojani
inessive
pensassani
pensoissani
elative
pensastani
pensoistani
illative
pensaani
pensoihini
adessive
pensallani
pensoillani
ablative
pensaltani
pensoiltani
allative
pensalleni
pensoilleni
essive
pensanani
pensoinani
translative
pensakseni
pensoikseni
abessive
pensattani
pensoittani
instructive
comitative
—pensoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pensasi
pensasi
accusative
nom.
pensasi
pensasi
gen.
pensasi
genitive
pensasi
pensojesi pensaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
pensaasi
pensojasi
inessive
pensassasi
pensoissasi
elative
pensastasi
pensoistasi
illative
pensaasi
pensoihisi
adessive
pensallasi
pensoillasi
ablative
pensaltasi
pensoiltasi
allative
pensallesi
pensoillesi
essive
pensanasi
pensoinasi
translative
pensaksesi
pensoiksesi
abessive
pensattasi
pensoittasi
instructive
comitative
—pensoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pensamme
pensamme
accusative
nom.
pensamme
pensamme
gen.
pensamme
genitive
pensamme
pensojemme pensaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
pensaamme
pensojamme
inessive
pensassamme
pensoissamme
elative
pensastamme
pensoistamme
illative
pensaamme
pensoihimme
adessive
pensallamme
pensoillamme
ablative
pensaltamme
pensoiltamme
allative
pensallemme
pensoillemme
essive
pensanamme
pensoinamme
translative
pensaksemme
pensoiksemme
abessive
pensattamme
pensoittamme
instructive
comitative
—pensoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pensanne
pensanne
accusative
nom.
pensanne
pensanne
gen.
pensanne
genitive
pensanne
pensojenne pensainne $^{rare}$
partitive
pensaanne
pensojanne
inessive
pensassanne
pensoissanne
elative
pensastanne
pensoistanne
illative
pensaanne
pensoihinne
adessive
pensallanne
pensoillanne
ablative
pensaltanne
pensoiltanne
allative
pensallenne
pensoillenne
essive
pensananne
pensoinanne
translative
pensaksenne
pensoiksenne
abessive
pensattanne
pensoittanne
instructive
comitative
—pensoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pensansa
pensansa
accusative
nom.
pensansa
pensansa
gen.
pensansa
genitive
pensansa
pensojensa pensainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
pensaansa
pensojaan pensojansa
inessive
pensassaan pensassansa
pensoissaan pensoissansa
elative
pensastaan pensastansa
pensoistaan pensoistansa
illative
pensaansa
pensoihinsa
adessive
pensallaan pensallansa
pensoillaan pensoillansa
ablative
pensaltaan pensaltansa
pensoiltaan pensoiltansa
allative
pensalleen pensallensa
pensoilleen pensoillensa
essive
pensanaan pensanansa
pensoinaan pensoinansa
translative
pensakseen pensaksensa
pensoikseen pensoiksensa
abessive
pensattaan pensattansa
pensoittaan pensoittansa
instructive
comitative
—pensoineen pensoinensa :

### Further reading

* “pensa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* napse, sapen

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

pensa
* third-person singular past historic of penser

### Anagrams

* panes, panés, panse, pansé

## Galician
### Verb

pensa
* inflection of pensar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese pensar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu pensa.

### Verb

pensa
* to think

## Interlingua
### Verb

pensa
* present of pensar
* imperative of pensar

## Italian
### Verb

pensa
* inflection of pensare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* pansé

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese pensar.

### Verb

pensa
* to think

## Latin
### Etymology 1

From pēnsum (“weighed out”).

#### Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpen.sa/, [ˈpẽːs̠ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpen.sa/, [ˈpɛnsä]

#### Noun

pensa f (genitive pensae); first declension
* a day's provisions; ration for a day.

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpen.sa/, [ˈpẽːs̠ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpen.sa/, [ˈpɛnsä]

#### Noun

pensa
* nominative/vocative/accusative plural of pēnsum

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpen.saː/, [ˈpẽːs̠äː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpen.sa/, [ˈpɛnsä]

#### Verb

pēnsā
* second-person singular present active imperative of pēnsō

### References

* “pensa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* pensa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* pensa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* pensumer

### Noun

pensa n
* indefinite plural of pensum

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

pensa n
* (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of pensum
* (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of pensum

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

pensa (present tense pensar, past tense pensa, past participle pensa, passive infinitive pensast, present participle pensande, imperative pensa/pens)
* alternative form of pense

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese pensar and Spanish pensar and Kabuverdianu pensa.

### Verb

pensa
* to think

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpẽ.sɐ/

### Verb

pensa
* inflection of pensar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French pincer.

### Verb

a pensa (third-person singular present pensează, past participle pensat) 1st conjugation
* to pinch (skin)