Pensadas

Pensadas is a feminine plural noun and adjective in Spanish derived from pensar. As a noun, pensada can denote a thought, reflection, or mental consideration, often implying careful deliberation. In its plural form, pensadas can refer to a collection of thoughts or reflections attributed to a person, a text, or a discourse. As an adjective, pensada and its plural pensadas describe something that has been carefully considered or planned, as in soluciones bien pensadas or estrategias pensadas.

Etymology and forms: Pensadas comes from the verb pensar plus the noun-forming suffix -ada, a pattern used in Spanish to indicate actions or results. It shares a semantic field with pensamiento (thought) and reflexión but is typically more focused on the product of thinking rather than the act itself. The form pensadas agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies or with the implied subject of the reflection.

Usage notes: Compared with pensamientos, pensadas is somewhat more specialized and often appears in literary or formal contexts. It can emphasize the outcome of thinking or a reflective stance, rather than merely listing thoughts. In everyday language, pensamientos is the more common plural for “thoughts,” while pensadas tends to appear in phrases describing well-considered ideas or opinions, such as ideas, proposals, or strategies.

See also: pensamiento, pensamiento crítico, reflexión, pensamiento reflexivo.