meditar

Etymology

Latin meditor.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /mə.diˈta/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /me.diˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

meditar (first-person singular present medito, past participle meditat)

1. (intransitive) to meditate (rest while remaining conscious)
   • 2015, Emmanuel Carrére, El Regne, Anagrama →ISBN

     […] uns quants anys més tard, em demanaré si és millor posarse a meditar abans o després dels exercicis de ioga.

     […] a few years later, I'll wonder if it's better to start meditating before or after doing yoga exercises.

2. (transitive, intransitive) to meditate, to ponder, to contemplate
   • 2000, Salvador Llobet i Reverter: la geografia, entre ciència i passió, Institut d'Estudis Catalans →ISBN, page 98

     No és imprescindible estudiar moltes matèries, ni llegir molts llibres; poden ser pocs, però bons i ben meditats.

     It's not essential to study many subjects or read many books; they can be few, as long as they're good and well-pondered.

Etymology

Latin meditor.

Verb

meditar (first-person singular present indicative medito, past participle meditado)

1. to meditate

Etymology

Latin meditor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mediˈtaɾ/, [meðiˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

meditar (first-person singular present medito, first-person singular preterite medité, past participle meditado)

1. (intransitive) to meditate (rest while remaining conscious)
   • 2015, Paloma Sainz Martínez Vara de Rey, Mindfulness para niños, Grupo Planeta Spain →ISBN

     Toda persona debería aprender a meditar, y cuanto antes en la vida lo haga, tanto mejor.

     Everyone should learn to meditate, and the sooner in life that they do, the better.

2. (transitive, intransitive) to meditate, to ponder, to contemplate
   • 2006, Juan C. González, Perspectivas contemporáneas sobre la cognición: categorización, percepción y conceptualización, Siglo XXI →ISBN, page 77

     No meditan sobre sus propias representaciones mentales.

     They don't contemplate their own mental representations.