"Eles só pensam em liberdade."

Translation: They think only about freedom.

[cangola]

Should this sentence be translated as "They only think about freedom" ?

[Asgador]

It definitely should! Sounds unnatural to me like it is.

[myles_AU]

Why "em" and not "sobre" here?

[Davu]

This point has come up in other discussions and has been answered by a native speaker. As I understand it we translate both "pensar em" and "pensar sobre" as "think of/about" but using "sobre" acts a bit like a mild intensifier and can imply "ponder (on/about)".

[SametCan]

You taught me something both in English and Portuguese Davu, obrigado.

[mikocot]

why not liberty?

[paulconsul]

What is the difference between liberty and freedom? This section is beginning to tick me off, as we say.

[JCMcGee]

Freedom is the state Duolingo exists in.
Liberty is about your ability to leave us and go use Rosetta Stone.
;-)

[Gwylym]

Thinking on/about/of freedom is many shades of meaning removed from thinking IN freedom, at least as far as English is concerned. This lesson needs some work.

[Tonco]

What is the difference between "Eu acho" and "Eu penso"? Valeu galera

[DonCodling]

Does this mean that they think about freedom but do nothing about it? Or that the only thing they think about is freedom?

[Paulenrique]

The latter option.

[DonCodling]

obrigado