| Principal Translations |
| think⇒ vi | (reflect, consider) | pensar⇒ vtr |
| | | considerar⇒, reflexionar⇒ vtr |
| | Bert stepped outside to think for a moment. |
| | Bert salió fuera para pensarlo un momento. |
| | Bert salió fuera para reflexionar un momento. |
| think [sth]⇒ vtr | (hold an opinion) | creer⇒, pensar⇒ vtr |
| | | creer que, pensar que vtr + conj |
| | Perhaps this painting would look better on that wall; what do you think? |
| | Quizás este cuadro quedaría mejor en esa pared, ¿tú qué crees? |
think,
think that vtr | (believe) | creer que vtr + conj |
| | | pensar que vtr + conj |
| | I think Tom's coming with us. I'll just ask him. |
| | I think that we should take that road. |
| | Creo que Tom viene con nosotros. Le preguntaré. |
| | Pienso que Tom viene con nosotros. Le preguntaré. |
think,
think that vtr | (intend, determine) (tener intención de) | creer que vtr + conj |
| | I think I'll go to the grocer's now. |
| | Creo que iré al supermercado ahora. |
| think about [sth] vi + prep | (consider) | pensar en vtr + prep |
| | | reflexionar sobre vtr + prep |
| | I don't know at the moment; I need to think about it again. |
| | De momento no sé; necesito pensar en eso nuevamente. |
| | De momento no sé, necesito reflexionar sobre eso nuevamente. |
think about [sth/sb],
think of [sth/sb] vi + prep | (be preoccupied) | pensar⇒ vtr |
| | (coloquial, figurativo) | darle vueltas a loc verb |
| | He was saddened, and thought about her situation all the time. |
| | Él estaba triste y todo el tiempo pensaba en la situación de ella. |
| | Estaba triste y no paraba de darle vueltas a la situación de ella. |
| think of doing [sth] v expr | (consider: doing [sth]) | contemplar⇒ vtr |
| | (coloquial) | estar pensando en loc verb |
| | | considerar⇒ vtr |
| | We're thinking of going to that new Italian restaurant tonight. |
| | Estamos contemplando ir a cenar esta noche a ese nuevo restaurante italiano. |
think about doing [sth],
think of v expr | (consider possibility) | pensar en vtr + prep |
| | | considerar la posibilidad de loc verb |
| | Don't even think about asking me to do you any more favours! |
| | ¡Ni pienses en pedirme que te haga más favores! |
| | ¡Ni consideres la posibilidad de pedirme que te haga más favores! |
| think of [sth] vi + prep | (devise, invent) | concebir⇒ vtr |
| | He thought of a new way to manufacture pencils. |
| | El concibió una nueva manera de fabricar lápices. |
| Additional Translations |
| think of [sth/sb] as [sth] v expr | (consider to be) | considerar a alguien algo loc verb |
| | | pensar en alguien como loc verb |
| | I think of him as my friend. |
| | Le considero mi amigo. |
| | Pienso en él como mi amigo. |
| think⇒ vi | (meditate, daydream) | pensar⇒ vtr |
| | Don't bother him, he's thinking. |
| | No lo molestes, está pensando. |
| think of [sth/sb] vi + prep | (take into account) | pensar en vtr + prep |
| | You can't leave me! Think of the children! |
| | ¡No puedes abandonarme! ¡Piensa en los niños! |
| think [sth] + adj⇒ vtr | (with adjective: regard, consider) | pensar que vtr + conj |
| | | considerar que vtr + conj |
| | He thought it right to pay his taxes. |
| | Pensó que pagar sus impuestos era lo correcto. |
| | Considero que pagar sus impuestos era lo correcto. |
| think [sth]⇒ vtr | (remember) | recordar⇒ vtr |
| | | acordarse⇒ v prnl |
| | Can you think what we did last weekend? |
| | ¿Puedes recordar qué hicimos el pasado fin de semana? |
| think [sth] vtr | (expect) | creer⇒ vtr |
| | What do you think will happen? |
| | ¿Qué crees tú que pasará? |
Locuciones verbales
think | thinking |
| think ahead vi phrasal | (predict, prepare for future) | planear por adelantado loc verb |
| | When I pack for a vacation, I try to think ahead and bring all the items that I might need. |
| think back on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (recall, remember) | recordar⇒ vtr |
| think [sth] over vtr phrasal sep | (consider, deliberate) | pensar en vi + prep |
| | Think over what I said and let me know tomorrow what your decision is. |
| | Piensa en lo que te dije y mañana me comunicas tu decisión. |
| think [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | (invent, devise) | ocurrírsele algo a alguien loc verb |
| | | pensar en algo loc verb |
| | Hey Jane, I just thought up a solution to your problem! |
| | Se me acaba de ocurrir una solución a tu problema. |
Compound Forms:
thinking | think |
| blue-sky thinking n | figurative (creative thought) | pensamiento creativo nm + adj |
| clear thinking n | (rational, lucid thought) | buen juicio adj + nm |
| | It's no use panicking - only clear thinking and cool heads will see us through this crisis. |
| | El pánico no servirá de nada. Solo el buen juicio y la objetividad podrán guiarnos fuera de esta crisis. |
| | | mente clara nf + adj |
| | El pánico no servirá de nada. Solo una mente clara y objetiva podrá guiarnos fuera de esta crisis. |
| | | ser racional nm + ad mf |
| | El pánico no servirá de nada. Solo ser racionales y objetivos nos guiarán fuera de esta crisis. |
| | | sensatez nf |
| | El pánico no servirá de nada. Solo la sensatez y la objetividad podrán guiarnos fuera de esta crisis. |
| critical thinking n | (mental analysis and reasoning) | razonamiento analítico nm |
| | Teachers nowadays are trying to encourage more critical thinking by their students. |
| | Hoy en día los maestros intentan fomentar el razonamiento analítico entre sus alumnos. |
| | | pensamiento crítico nm |
| | Hoy en día los maestros intentan fomentar el pensamiento crítico entre sus alumnos. |
| divergent thinking n | (method used to create ideas) | pensamiento divergente nm + adj mf |
| forward-thinking adj | (progressive, enlightened) | progresista adj mf |
| | (figurado) | iluminado adj |
| | Education is a priority in any forward-thinking society. |
| | La educación es una prioridad en cualquier sociedad progresista. |
| in your thinking adv | (concerning your interpretation) | en tu opinión loc adv |
| | | a tu modo de ver, según tu modo de ver loc adv |
| | So, in your thinking, the message of this poem is that people should not waste time worrying about trivial things? |
| | ¿O sea que, en tu opinión, el mensaje del poema es que la gente no debería gastar tiempo pensando en cosas triviales? |
| lateral thinking n | (unconventional or creative problem-solving) | pensamiento lateral nm |
| | His lateral thinking helped us solve the problem in a way we would never have thought of. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. El pensamiento lateral nos ayuda a salir de los patrones convencionales y a encontrar soluciones imaginativas. |
nonthinking,
non-thinking adj | (mindless) | irreflexivo/a adj |
| not bear thinking about v expr | (be unpleasant thought) | no querer ni pensar loc verb |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. No quiero ni pensar lo que pasará si el jefe se entera de lo que hiciste. |
| polar thinking n | (reasoning involving extremes or opposites) | pensamiento polarizado grupo nom |
| put your thinking cap on v expr | figurative (think hard or creatively) | concentrarse⇒ v prnl |
| | | esforzarse⇒ v prnl |
| | We need to put our thinking caps on to solve this problem. |
| quick thinking n | (problem-solving in an emergency) | rapidez de reflejos nf + loc adj |
| | Thanks to his quick thinking we escaped the car accident alive. |
| | Se salvó gracias a su rapidez de reflejos. |
| quick-thinking adj | (able to react rapidly) (mental) | rápido adj |
| | | con rapidez mental loc adj |
| | The quick-thinking boy saved his mother's life by calling an ambulance. |
| right-thinking adj | (decent and correct) | de bien loc adj |
| | Any right-thinking person would accept that it is wrong to steal from another. |
| | Cualquier persona de bien reconocería que está mal robar. |
| | | de buen juicio loc adj |
| strategic thinking n | (tactical or planned approach) | estrategia nf |
| thinking cap n | figurative (state of serious thought) (figurado, coloquial) | estrujarse las meninges, estrujarse el cerebro loc verb |
| | (AR, figurado, coloquial) | quemarse las neuronas loc verb |
| Note: No existe un equivalente sustantivo en español. |
| | We were all wearing our thinking caps, but we still couldn't come up with a solution. Thinking caps are needed here, chaps! |
| | Todos nos estábamos estrujando las meninges, pero no se nos ocurría la solución. ¡Necesitamos que se estrujen las meninges, chicos! |
| thinking of you expr | (expressing compassion) | pienso en ti loc verb |
| | | te tengo presente loc verb |
| | Thinking of you in your time of sorrow. |
| | Pienso en ti en tu momento de dolor. |
| way of thinking n | (mentality, mindset) | modo de pensar loc nom m |
| | If I talk to him he'll come round to our way of thinking. |
| | Si hablo con él, compartirá nuestro modo de pensar. |
| | | forma de pensar, manera de pensar loc nom f |
| | Si hablo con él, compartirá nuestra forma (or: manera) de pensar. |
| wishful thinking n | (idealism) | ilusión nf |
| | | deseo nm |
| | Sometimes it seems that world peace is just wishful thinking. |
| | I planned to be home for dinner but it turned out to be just wishful thinking. |
| | A veces da la sensación de que la paz mundial es tan solo una ilusión. // Planeaba estar en casa para la cena pero resultó ser solo una ilusión. |