cavilar

v.

to think deeply, to ponder.

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cavilar

► verbo intransitivo

1 to ponder, think about, brood over

■ cavilar sobre un problema to ponder (over) a problem

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VI to think deeply, ponder

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verbo intransitivo to ponder, deliberate, think deeply

después de mucho cavilar — after much thought o deliberation

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= ponder (over/on/upon), think.

Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado y participio thought.

Ex. If we instruct it to ponder this question more leisurely, it will quickly try the user's patience with digressions concerning the less illustrious senior MOZART, LEOPOLD.

Ex. Whether the juxtaposition of language with literature is as weighty an advantage as has on occasion been claimed is, I think, debatable.

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* cavilar (sobre) = muse (over/on/upon), reflect (on).

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verbo intransitivo to ponder, deliberate, think deeply

después de mucho cavilar — after much thought o deliberation

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= ponder (over/on/upon), think.

Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado y participio thought.

Ex: If we instruct it to ponder this question more leisurely, it will quickly try the user's patience with digressions concerning the less illustrious senior MOZART, LEOPOLD.

Ex: Whether the juxtaposition of language with literature is as weighty an advantage as has on occasion been claimed is, I think, debatable.

* cavilar (sobre) = muse (over/on/upon), reflect (on).

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cavilar [A1 ]

vi

to ponder, deliberate, think deeply

llegué a esta conclusión después de mucho cavilar I arrived at this conclusion after much thought o deliberation o consideration, I arrived at this conclusion after thinking about it deeply o pondering on it o deliberating on it for a long time

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cavilar (conjugate cavilar) verbo intransitivo
to ponder, think deeply;

◊ después de mucho cavilar after much thought o deliberation

cavilar verbo intransitivo to ponder

'cavilar' also found in these entries:
English:
muse
- ruminate

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cavilar vi

to think deeply, to ponder;

estuvo cavilando sobre qué modelo comprar he was debating with himself o pondering which model to buy

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cavilar

v/t meditate on

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cavilar vi

: to ponder, to deliberate

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cavilar vb to think about [pt. & pp. thought]

no caviles tanto y decídete don't think about it so much and make up your mind