How do you say, " what are you thinkng about" in spanish, using the verb pensar

Question

• is it okay to say que pienses con?
• or do you use sobre instead of con?

Good question! (And one I don't know the answer to.) - Alicia-53, NOV 6, 2009

Que piensas con is wrong and Sobre que piensas could be but is not very common. - 0068e2f4, NOV 6, 2009

You could say ?En que piensas? What are you thinking? - 0068e2f4, NOV 6, 2009

Answer 1

¿En qué piensas? Estoy pensando en ti. Estás siempre en mis pensamientos.

Answer 2

¿En qué estás pensando?

wouldn't it be "pensando" (gerund) rather than "pensado" (past participle)? - Izanoni1, NOV 6, 2009

I'm sorry it was a typo. You are right. - 0068e2f4, NOV 6, 2009

However, it's not a gerund, it's the present participle. It just seems like a gerund because their spellde/pronounced the same. - samdie, NOV 6, 2009

Answer 3

What's wrong with just "Qué piensas?"

"¿En qué piensas?" means "What are you thinking about?" / "What's on your mind?"

"¿Qué piensas?" means "What do you think?" / "What's your opinion?"

Different expressions, different meanings.

I see! Thank you. - jeezzle, NOV 7, 2009

Answer 4

What's wrong with just "Qué piensas?" The people I work with say it all the time and they are from Mexico.

Nothing, really. We just make an effort to teach grammatically correct spanish here. "Que' piensas?" is common-speak. - Stobber, NOV 7, 2009

Answer 5

You could say, "¿En qué estás pensando?" or "¿En qué piensas?".

You could not say "¿Qué te piensas sobre?" because 1) You can never end a sentence with a preposition 2) "Pensarse" is "to wonder", not "to think" (although they are very similar ideas) 3) "Pensar" always goes with "en", not "sobre".

Answer 6

I believe its ¿Qué te piensas sobre? My teacher taught us that.

Are you sure your teacher taught you that? - mountaingirl123, NOV 6, 2009

Si, se llama "Sobre". Qué piensas, Sobre? - 00515f39, NOV 7, 2009

jeje. - samdie, NOV 7, 2009

Answer 7

De qué piensas? En qué piensas?¿¿

The latter is correct, not the former. - Stobber, NOV 7, 2009