Congeminar is not in the google translator or in my

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congeminar is not in the google translator or in my dictionary by Lello e irmao (Porto, 1961). Either it is a misprint - consternava, contemplava something along those lines, or I guess it might mean that her thoughts were twinned/parallel to his in some way, “she was cooking up her own schemes”

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It’s not a misprint. Congeminar means to think a lot about something, mostly something that is occupying your mind, and you imagine possible solutions.

You can also try this online dictionary:

congeminar - (latim congemino, -are)
verbo transitivo

  1. Meditar, cismar.
    verbo transitivo e intransitivo

  2. Pensar muito sobre um assunto. = CISMAR, IMAGINAR

“congeminar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa [em linha], 2008-2013, congeminar - Dicionário Online Priberam de Português

A similar word would be “matutar”
ma·tu·tar (matuto + -ar)
verbo intransitivo

  1. [Informal] Pensar muito sobre algo. = MEDITAR, REFLECTIR

  2. [Informal] Ter uma ideia fixa. = CISMAR

“matutar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa [em linha], 2008-2013, matutar - Dicionário Online Priberam de Português

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Very helpful, Fernanda. Priberam.pt looks to be pretty authoritative, just what is needed at my level.
I also checked out your LingQ homepage and shall investigate your recommended links there too.

Matutar was new to me as well. Hereabouts, the word matuto is something like a country bumpkin (but probably better at thinking things out that than the neurotic town dwellers, like this man in Strasbourg (“desencontros” episodes))

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I’ve never heard the word “matuto” in Portugal, it is possibly used in Brazil:

ma·tu·to
(mato + -uto)
adjectivo

  1. Que é relativo ao mato.
    adjectivo e substantivo masculino

  2. Que ou aquele que vive no mato.

  3. [Brasil] Que ou aquele que vive no interior, no campo. = CAIPIRA, ROCEIRO, SERTANEJO

  4. [Brasil, Depreciativo] Que ou aquele que é considerado rústico, simples, grosseiro ou ignorante. = CAIPIRA

  5. [Brasil: Nordeste] Que ou aquele que revela timidez. = ACANHADO, CAIPIRA, ENCABULADO, TÍMIDO

  6. [Figurado] Maníaco.

  7. [Informal] Matreiro; finório.

“matuto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa [em linha], 2008-2013, matuto - Dicionário Online Priberam de Português

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