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imagining

[/ɪˈmædʒɪnɪŋ/]
verb (gerund/present participle)
imaginação
1. The act of forming a mental image or concept of something
I was imagining what the house would look like after renovation.
Eu estava imaginando como a casa ficaria após a renovação.
2. Creating or inventing something in the mind
She enjoys imagining new stories for her characters.
Ela gosta de imaginar novas histórias para seus personagens.
3. Supposing or assuming something to be true
Imagining the worst-case scenario won't help.
Imaginar o pior cenário possível não vai ajudar.
Synonyms
picturingenvisioningconceivingvisualizingfantasizing
Antonyms
forgettingdismissingignoring

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
imaginando
Most common usage across Brazil
São Paulo
imaginando
Standard usage, no significant variation
Rio de Janeiro
imaginando
Standard usage with occasional colloquial variations
Portugal
imaginando
Standard usage, identical to Brazilian Portuguese

Related Idioms & Phrases

imagining things - seeing or believing things that don't exist
beyond imagining - too extreme or difficult to conceive
wild imagining - far-fetched or unrealistic thoughts
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