Portuguese Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin cōgitātiōnem. By surface analysis, cogitar + -ção. Pronunciation (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.ʒi.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ko.ʒi.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃] (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.ʒi.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ Hyphenation: co‧gi‧ta‧ção Noun cogitação f (plural cogitações) cogitation, thought, reflectionWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.