ponder russian

• ду́мать

  to think, to ponder, to reflect

  to think, to believe, to suppose, to consider

  to intend, to plan, to be thinking of

• поду́мать

  to think, to have a thought, to think for a while

  to consider, to think over, to ponder, to reflect

• заду́маться

  to ponder, to consider, to wonder, to think (about something)

  to be lost in thought, to become pensive

• сообража́ть

  to understand, to grasp, to comprehend, to catch on

  to think over, to consider, to figure out, to ponder

• заду́мываться

  to ponder, to think (about), to wonder, to consider

  to be lost in thought, to become pensive, to sink into thought

  to be conceived, to be planned, to be intended (as)

• размышля́ть

  to ponder, to reflect, to think (over), to meditate

• мы́слить

  to think, to reason

  to ponder, to contemplate, to reflect

• разду́мывать

  to ponder, to think over, to reflect, to hesitate

• обду́мывать

  to think over, to consider, to ponder, to think about

• взве́шивать

  to weigh, to weigh out

  to weigh up, to consider carefully, to ponder

• мудри́ть

  to overcomplicate things, to be too clever, to split hairs, to philosophize

  to rack one's brains, to puzzle over (something), to ponder

  to use tricks, to be crafty, to wangle

  to play tricks on (someone), to make fun of (someone), to tease

• вду́мываться

  to think over, to ponder, to consider

• куме́кать

  to think, to ponder, to mull over

  to understand, to get it, to know a thing or two, to know the ropes

• обмозгова́ть

  to think over, to mull over, to ponder, to figure out

• пораски́нуть

  to think over, to ponder, to consider

  to spread out, to stretch out

• маракова́ть

  to have some notion, to know a bit (about), to have some idea

  to ponder (over), to mull over, to rack one's brains

• обмозго́вывать

  to ponder, to think over

• поразду́мать

  to think, to reflect, to consider, to ponder

• размы́слить

  to meditate, to ponder, to reflect, to reflexionar

• размышле́ние

  reflection, pondering, thought

  musing, consideration, reflection

• отяжеле́ть

  to grow heavy, to become heavy, to get heavier

  to become sluggish, to grow ponderous, to become clumsy

• весо́мый

  weighty, significant, substantial, telling

  ponderable, having weight

• тяжелове́сный

  heavy, heavily-laden, heavily-loaded, ponderous

• ду́мец

  thinker, ponderer

• весо́мость

  weightiness, significance, weight, importance

  ponderability, having weight

• вы́мученный

  forced, laborious, laboured, ponderous

• гру́зность

  ponderousness, heaviness (of build), corpulence, clumsiness

  heaviness, massiveness, unwieldiness

• му́дрствование

  philosophizing, abstruse reasoning, pondering, hair-splitting

  contrived idea, far-fetched notion, crackpot idea

• у́мствование

  idle theorizing, philosophizing, sophistry, hairsplitting

  pondering, musing, brooding

• размышля́вший

  reflecting, pondering, musing

• разду́мывающий

  pondering, deliberating, reflective, thoughtful

• разду́мывавший

  pondering, reflecting, thinking over

• обду́мывающий

  pondering, considering, reflective, thoughtful

• обду́мывавший

  pondering, considering, thinking over

• поразмы́сливший

  having reflected, having pondered, having thought over

• поду́мывающий

  considering, pondering, thinking about, contemplating

• поразмышля́вший

  having reflected, having pondered

• обмозгова́вший

  having thought over, having considered, having pondered, having deliberated

• заду́мывающий

  contemplating, thinking, pondering, intending

• му́слимый

  thought about, contemplated, pondered

• обмозго́вывающий

  pondering, considering, deliberating, thinking over

• обмозго́вывавший

  pondering, deliberating, thinking over, considering

• обмозговываемый

  being considered, being thought over, being pondered

• призаду́мывающийся

  thoughtful, pensive, contemplative, pondering

• поразду́мавший

  having thought over, having reflected, having pondered

• заду́мывавший

  who was planning, who was intending, who was conceiving

  who was pondering (over), who was deliberating over, who was thinking deeply about

• заду́мывавшийся

  who was pondering, who was reflecting, who was thinking deeply

  pensive, thoughtful, lost in thought

• обду́мывание

  consideration, deliberation, thinking over, pondering

• пораски́нувший

  having spread out, having cast about

  having pondered, having thought over

• веши́мый

  weighable, ponderable

  weighty, significant, substantial

• взве́сивший

  having weighed

  having weighed up, having considered, having pondered

• пережёвывавший

  chewing, masticating, that was chewing

  ruminating on, rehashing, mulling over, that was pondering

Examples

• Она на какое-то вре́мя заду́малась над вопро́сом.

  She pondered the question for a while.

• Но мало кто заду́мывается, что копи́рование англи́йских слов, те́рминов и фраз приво́дит к необрати́мому измене́нию мышле́ния.

  But few people ponder over the fact that copying English words, terms and phrases causes irreversible mental changes.

• Отцы́ и учители, мы́слю: «Что есть ад?» Рассужда́ю так: «Страда́ние о том, что нельзя уже более люби́ть».

  Fathers and teachers, I ponder, "What is hell?" I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.

• Поразмышля́й поглубже над э́тим.

  Ponder deeply over it.

• Ста́я опьяненных молоды́х люде́й останови́лась, чтобы обду́мать, есть ли Оппозит дей во вселенной Бизаро.

  A gaggle of intoxicated youths stopped to ponder whether there is an Opposite Day in Bizarro World.

• Тюле́ни неуклю́жи и неповоро́тливы на земле́, но очень грацио́зны в воде.

  Seals are clumsy and ponderous on land, but very graceful in the water.

• Он поскрёб затылок и задумался над вопросом.

  He scratched the back of his head for a moment and pondered the question.

• Человек, размышлявший над задачей, долго молчал.

  The man who was pondering the problem remained silent for a long time.

• Раздумывающий над задачей мальчик молчал.

  The boy pondering the problem remained silent.

• Долго раздумывавший над ответом студент наконец заговорил.

  The student, who had been pondering the answer for a long time, finally spoke.

• Она вспомнила отца, раздумывавшего над каждым словом.

  She remembered her father, who used to ponder every word.

• Мальчик, почесавший голову, задумался над задачей.

  The boy who scratched his head pondered the problem.

• Обдумывающий ответ студент долго молчал.

  The student pondering his answer remained silent for a long time.

• Учёный, обдумывавший теорию, писал заметки.

  The scientist who was pondering the theory was writing notes.

• Девушка, призадумавшаяся над вопросом, долго молчала.

  The girl, pondering the question, remained silent for a long time.

• Она заметила пророненную им фразу и задумалась.

  She noticed the phrase he had let slip and began to ponder it.

• Мальчик, разгадывающий кроссворд, задумался надолго.

  The boy solving a crossword puzzle pondered it for a long time.

• Человек, перечёркивавший записи, задумался над листом.

  The man who was crossing out the notes pondered the sheet of paper.

• Поразмышлявший немного, он согласился с нами.

  After pondering for a while, he agreed with us.

• Она, обкусывающая карандаш, размышляла над задачей.

  She was pondering the problem while chewing on her pencil.

• Учёный, обмозговывавший идею неделю, наконец решил её записать.

  The scholar, who had spent a week pondering the idea, finally decided to write it down.

• Мы застали его, обмозговывавшего сложный вопрос.

  We found him pondering a difficult question.

• Обкусивший карандаш студент задумался над задачей

  The student, who had gnawed on his pencil, pondered the problem.

• Он решил размыслить над этим вопросом на досуге.

  He decided to ponder the matter in his spare time.