French Dictionary

French-English translation of penser

Did you mean one of the following: panser, pensée?

1 penser Verb, intransitive

(a) to think; ~ à to think about, think of a friend, think about, think a problem over; to think of, remember something needed; faire ~ à to be reminiscent of, make one think of, remind one of; ~ à faire to think about doing; to remember to do

Present: je pense, tu penses, il/elle pense, nous pensons, vous pensez, ils/elles pensent
Imperfect: je pensais, tu pensais, il/elle pensait, nous pensions, vous pensiez, ils/elles pensaient
Future: je penserai, tu penseras, il/elle pensera, nous penserons, vous penserez, ils/elles penseront
Perfect: j' ai pensé, tu as pensé, il/elle a pensé, nous avons pensé, vous avez pensé, ils/elles ont pensé
Present subjunctive: je pense, tu penses, il/elle pense, nous pensions, vous pensiez, ils/elles pensent

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2 penser Verb, transitive

How to pronounce penser

(a) to think something (de, about, of); to think out a problem; ~ (que) to think, suppose, imagine, expect (that); ~ faire to be thinking of doing; to hope to do, expect to do

3 penser Noun, masculine Pronounce

(a) (literary) thought

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French-English translation of penser