sentir

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sentīre.

Verb

sentir

to feel (an emotion)
to sense
to hear
to feel, reckon

Related terms

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan sentir, from Latin sentīre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sənˈti]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [senˈtiɾ]
Audio (Catalonia): (file)
Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

sentir (first-person singular present sento, first-person singular preterite sentí, past participle sentit); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

to sense
to feel
to hear of something
Em pots sentir bé? ― Can you hear me ok?
(intransitive, hi) (with pronoun hi) to be able to hear
Que hi sent bé? ― Can you hear ok?
(Castilianism) to regret, be sorry
Synonym: saber greu

Ho sento. ― I'm sorry.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sentir (third conjugation, without -eix-)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			sentir
gerund			sentint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sentit		sentida
		plural		sentits		sentides
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	sento	sents	sent	sentim	sentiu	senten
	imperfect	sentia	senties	sentia	sentíem	sentíeu	sentien
	future	sentiré	sentiràs	sentirà	sentirem	sentireu	sentiran
	preterite	sentí	sentires	sentí	sentírem	sentíreu	sentiren
	conditional	sentiria	sentiries	sentiria	sentiríem	sentiríeu	sentirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	senti	sentis	senti	sentim	sentiu	sentin
	imperfect	sentís	sentissis	sentís	sentíssim	sentíssiu	sentissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	sent	senti	sentim	sentiu	sentin
	negative (no)	—	no sentis	no senti	no sentim	no sentiu	no sentin

Related terms

References

“sentir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“sentir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
“sentir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“sentir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French sentir, from Latin sentīre, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.tiʁ/
Audio (Paris): (file)
Audio (Switzerland (Valais)): (file)
Audio (France (Paris)): (file)
Audio (France (Toulouse)): (file)
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
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Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
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Audio (France (Somain)): (file)

Verb

sentir

(intransitive) to smell (to have a certain odor)
Ça sent bon. ― It smells good.
(transitive) to taste
(transitive) to feel (physical perception)
(transitive) to smell of, taste of
Ce repas sent l’ail. ― This meal smells/tastes of garlic.
(transitive, informal) to smack of; to indicate, foreshadow
Ça sent la pluie. ― It looks like rain.
(transitive) to have the character, manner, feeling or appearance of; to give a feeling of
- 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche‎^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter I:
  Lui cherchant alors un nom qui ne s’écartât pas trop du sien, qui sentît et représentât la grande dame et la princesse, il vint à l’appeler Dulcinée du Toboso, parce qu’elle était native de ce village : nom harmonieux à son avis, rare et distingué, et non moins expressif que tous ceux qu’il avait donnés à son équipage et à lui-même.
  Through searching himself thus for a name that did not diverge too much from his own, that would give a feeling of and represent the great lady and princess, he came to call her Dulcinea del Toboso, because she was a native of this village [Toboso]: a name in his opinion harmonious, rare and distinguished, and no less expressive than all the ones that he had given to his team and to himself.
(transitive) to feel, be aware of, be conscious of
(reflexive) to feel (in oneself)
(reflexive) to show, be felt (of effect, improvement etc.)

Usage notes

sentir is used for physical sensations, the reflexive se sentir for internal emotions.

Conjugation

This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include sortir and dormir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms (je, tu) sens and (il) sent in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *sentis and *sentit (as in the past historic).

Conjugation of sentir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	sentir
present participle or gerund¹	simple	sentant /sɑ̃.tɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		senti /sɑ̃.ti/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	sens /sɑ̃/	sens /sɑ̃/	sent /sɑ̃/	sentons /sɑ̃.tɔ̃/	sentez /sɑ̃.te/	sentent /sɑ̃t/
	imperfect	sentais /sɑ̃.tɛ/	sentais /sɑ̃.tɛ/	sentait /sɑ̃.tɛ/	sentions /sɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	sentiez /sɑ̃.tje/	sentaient /sɑ̃.tɛ/
	past historic²	sentis /sɑ̃.ti/	sentis /sɑ̃.ti/	sentit /sɑ̃.ti/	sentîmes /sɑ̃.tim/	sentîtes /sɑ̃.tit/	sentirent /sɑ̃.tiʁ/
	future	sentirai /sɑ̃.ti.ʁe/	sentiras /sɑ̃.ti.ʁa/	sentira /sɑ̃.ti.ʁa/	sentirons /sɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/	sentirez /sɑ̃.ti.ʁe/	sentiront /sɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	sentirais /sɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/	sentirais /sɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/	sentirait /sɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/	sentirions /sɑ̃.ti.ʁjɔ̃/	sentiriez /sɑ̃.ti.ʁje/	sentiraient /sɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	sente /sɑ̃t/	sentes /sɑ̃t/	sente /sɑ̃t/	sentions /sɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	sentiez /sɑ̃.tje/	sentent /sɑ̃t/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	sentisse /sɑ̃.tis/	sentisses /sɑ̃.tis/	sentît /sɑ̃.ti/	sentissions /sɑ̃.ti.sjɔ̃/	sentissiez /sɑ̃.ti.sje/	sentissent /sɑ̃.tis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	sens /sɑ̃/	—	sentons /sɑ̃.tɔ̃/	sentez /sɑ̃.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Anagrams

retins, ternis

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sentir, from Latin sentīre, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /senˈtiɾ/

Verb

sentir (first-person singular present sinto, third-person singular present sente, first-person singular preterite sentín, past participle sentido)
sentir (first-person singular present sinto, third-person singular present sente, first-person singular preterite sentim or senti, past participle sentido, reintegrationist norm)

to hear
Non te sentín ao chegares! ― I didn't hear you coming in!

Non te sentín ao chegarmos! ― I didn't hear you when we arrived!
to sense, perceive
to feel

Conjugation

Conjugation of sentir (i-e alternation in present singular)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	sentir
Personal	sentir	sentires	sentir	sentirmos	sentirdes	sentiren
Gerund
	sentindo
Past participle
Masculine	sentido			sentidos
Feminine	sentida			sentidas
Indicative
Present	sinto	sentes	sente	sentimos	sentides	senten
Imperfect	sentía	sentías	sentía	sentiamos	sentiades	sentían
Preterite	sentín	sentiches	sentiu	sentimos	sentistes	sentiron
Pluperfect	sentira	sentiras	sentira	sentiramos	sentirades	sentiran
Future	sentirei	sentirás	sentirá	sentiremos	sentiredes	sentirán
Conditional	sentiría	sentirías	sentiría	sentiriamos	sentiriades	sentirían
Subjunctive
Present	sinta	sintas	sinta	sintamos	sintades	sintan
Imperfect	sentise	sentises	sentise	sentísemos	sentísedes	sentisen
Future	sentir	sentires	sentir	sentirmos	sentirdes	sentiren
Imperative
Affirmative		sinte	sinta	sintamos	sentide	sintan
Negative (non)		non sintas	non sinta	non sintamos	non sintades	non sintan

Reintegrated conjugation of sentir (i-e alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	sentir
Personal	sentir	sentires	sentir	sentirmos	sentirdes	sentirem
Gerund
	sentindo
Past participle
Masculine	sentido			sentidos
Feminine	sentida			sentidas
Indicative
Present	sinto	sentes	sente	sentimos	sentides, sentis	sentem
Imperfect	sentia	sentias	sentia	sentíamos	sentíades, sentíeis, sentíais¹	sentiam
Preterite	sentim, senti	sentiste, sentiche¹	sentiu	sentimos	sentistes	sentírom, sentiram
Pluperfect	sentira	sentiras	sentira	sentíramos	sentírades, sentíreis, sentírais¹	sentiram
Future	sentirei	sentirás	sentirá	sentiremos	sentiredes, sentireis	sentirám, sentirão
Conditional	sentiria	sentirias	sentiria	sentiríamos	sentiríades, sentiríeis, sentiríais¹	sentiriam
Subjunctive
Present	sinta	sintas	sinta	sintamos	sintades, sintais	sintam
Imperfect	sentisse	sentisses	sentisse	sentíssemos	sentíssedes, sentísseis	sentissem
Future	sentir	sentires	sentir	sentirmos	sentirdes	sentirem
Imperative
Affirmative		sente	sinta	sintamos	sentide, senti	sintam
Negative (nom)		nom sintas	nom sinta	nom sintamos	nom sintades, nom sintais	nom sintam

¹Less recommended.

References

Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “sentir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sentir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sentir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /senˈtir/

Verb

sentir

past infinitive of sentar

Italian

Verb

sentir (apocopated)

apocopic form of sentire

Anagrams

sterni

Ladino

Verb

sentir (Hebrew spelling סינטיר)^[1]

alternative form of sintir

Conjugation

conjugation of sentir

number		singular			plural
infinitive			sentir
gerund			sintiendo, sintyendo
participle			sentido
person		first person	second person	third person	first person	second person	third person
indicative		yo	tu	el eya	mozotros mozotras	vozotros vozotras	eyos eyas
	simple present	syento, siento	syentes, sientes	syente, siente	sentimos	sentísh	syenten, sienten
	imperfect	sentiya	sentiyas	sentiya	sentiyamos	sentiyash	sentiyan
	preterite	sentí	sentites	sintyó, sintió	sentimos	sentitesh	sintyeron, sintieron
	future	sentiré	sentirás	sentirá	sentiremos	sentirásh	sentirán
	conditional	sentiriya	sentiriyas	sentiriya	sentiriyamos	sentiriyash	sentiriyan
subjunctive		yo	tu	el eya	mozotros mozotras	vozotros vozotras	eyos eyas
	present	syenta, sienta	syentas, sientas	syenta, sienta	sintamos, syentamos	sintásh, syentásh	syentan, sientan
	past	sintyera, sintiera	sintyeras, sintieras	sintyera, sintiera	sintyéramos, sintiéramos	sintyerash, sintierash	sintyeran, sintieran
imperative		—		—	—		—
	affirmative	(syenta, sienta)	syente, siente	(syenta, sienta)	(sintamos, syentamos)	senti, sentid	(syentan, sientan)
	negativo	(no syenta, sienta)	no syentas, sientas	(no syenta, sienta)	(no sintamos, syentamos)	no sintásh, syentásh	(no syentan, sientan)

References

^ “sentir”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Occitan sentir, from Latin sentīre.

Pronunciation

Audio (Béarn): (file)

Verb

sentir

to feel (have a feeling)
to smell

Conjugation

Conjugation of sentir in

Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		sentir			?er sentit
past participle		sentit			—
gerund		sentissent			?ent sentit
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	sentissi	sentisses	sentís	sentissèm	sentissètz	sentisson
	imperfect	sentissiái	sentissiás	sentissiá	sentissiam	sentissiatz	sentissián
	preterite	sentiguèri	sentiguères	sentiguèt	sentiguèrem	sentiguèretz	sentiguèron
	future	sentirai	sentiràs	sentirà	sentirem	sentiretz	sentiràn
	conditional	sentiriái	sentiriás	sentiriá	sentiriam	sentiriatz	sentirián
	conditional 2nd form¹	sentiguèra	sentiguèras	sentiguèra	sentigueram	sentigueratz	sentiguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	sentisca	sentiscas	sentisca	sentiscam	sentiscatz	sentiscan
	imperfect	sentiguèsse	sentiguèsses	sentiguèsse	sentiguèssem	sentiguèssetz	sentiguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			sentís		sentiscam	sentissetz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sentīre.

Verb

sentir

to feel (have a feeling)
to smell

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of sentir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		sentir			avoir senti
gerund		en sentant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		sentant
past participle		senti
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	sent	senz	sent	sentons	sentez	sentent
	imperfect	sentoie, senteie	sentoies, senteies	sentoit, senteit	sentiiens, sentiens	sentiiez, sentiez	sentoient, senteient
	preterite	senti	sentis	senti	sentimes	sentistes	sentirent
	future	sentirai	sentiras	sentira	sentirons	sentiroiz, sentireiz, sentirez	sentiront
	conditional	sentiroie, sentireie	sentiroies, sentireies	sentiroit, sentireit	sentiriiens, sentiriens	sentiriiez, sentiriez	sentiroient, sentireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	sente	sentes	sente	sentons	sentez	sentent
simple tenses	imperfect	sentisse	sentisses	sentist	sentissons, sentissiens	sentissoiz, sentissez, sentissiez	sentissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	sent	—	sentons	sentez	—

Descendants

French: sentir
Norman: senti

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sentīre, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”). Cognate with Old Spanish sentir.

Verb

sentir

(transitive) to feel; to sense
- 13th–14th centuries, Denis of Portugal, “Un tal ome sei eu, ai ben-talhada”‎^[1]:
  Um tal home sei que preto sente / de si morte certamente
  I know one such man who feels unwell, [and he is] certainly dying.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sentir

gerund		compound		gerund of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
infinitive				sentir
gerund		simple		sentindo
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		sentido		sentidos
		feminine		sentida		sentidas
present participle				sentinte		sentintes
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	senço, sento, sinto	sentes	sente	sentimos	sentides	senten
	imperfect	sentia	sentias	sentia	sentiamos, sentíamos	sentiades, sentíades	sentian
	preterite	senti, sentin	sentiste, sentische, sentiche	sentiu, senteu, sentio, senteo	sentimos	sentistes	sentiron
	pluperfect	sentira	sentiras	sentira	sentiramos, sentíramos	sentirades, sentírades	sentiran
	future	sentirei	sentirás	sentirá	sentiremos	sentiredes	sentirán
	conditional	sentiria	sentirias	sentiria	sentiriamos, sentiríamos	sentiriades, sentiríades	sentirian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	pluperfect anterior	simple pluperfect of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	sença, senta, sinta	senças, sentas, sintas	sença, senta, sinta	sençamos, sentamos, sintamos	sençades, sentades, sintades	sençan, sentan, sintan
	imperfect	sentisse	sentisses	sentisse	sentissemos, sentíssemos	sentissedes, sentíssedes	sentissen
	future	sentir	sentires	sentir	sentirmos	sentirdes	sentiren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	—	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	sente, sinte	—	sençamos, sentamos, sintamos	sentide	—
negative		—	non senças, non sentas, non sintas	—	non sençamos, non sentamos, non sintamos	non sençades, non sentades, non sintades	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
personal infinitive		sentir	sentires	sentir	sentirmos	sentirdes	sentiren
¹Teer and ter were also used, although all three were less common than haver.

Descendants

Galician: sentir
Portuguese: sentir

References

Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “sentir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sentīre, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”). Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese sentir.

Verb

sentir

(transitive) to feel; to sense
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 23v:
  Et los fiſicos ⁊ los cirurgianos huſan della en los q̃ q̃eren fender o taiar por que non ſientã la dolor.
  And physicians and surgeons make use of it on those whom they wish to cut or slash that they shall not feel the pain.

Descendants

Ladino: sentir, sintir, סינטיר
Spanish: sentir

References

Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “sentir”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 464

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sentir, from Latin sentīre, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [sẽˈt͡ʃi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /sẽˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /sẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [sẽˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽˈtiɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽˈti.ɾi/

Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file)
Homophone: senti (Brazil)
Hyphenation: sen‧tir

Verb

sentir (first-person singular present sinto, third-person singular present sente, first-person singular preterite senti, past participle sentido)

(transitive) to sense; to feel (to perceive by means of biological senses)
Synonym: perceber

Sentes o cheiro de carne cozinhando? ― Can you feel the smell of meat being cooked?
(specifically, transitive) to feel (to feel with the skin or hands)
Synonym: encostar em (usually when actively touching something)

Senti alguma coisa na água. ― I felt something in the water.
(transitive) to feel (to experience an emotion or feeling [noun])
Synonym: passar por

Nunca sentirás a dor de perder um filho. ― You will never feel the pain of losing a child.
(copulative, pronominal) to feel (to experience an emotion or feeling [adjective])
Eu me sinto muito cansado no final do dia. ― I feel very tired at the end of the day.
(subordinating) to feel; to think (to vaguely expect that something is the case or will happen)
Sinto que não há nada que possamos fazer. ― I feel that there is nothing we can do.

O problema é que ela sente que ninguém virá. ― The problem is that she thinks no one will come.

achar (usually expresses more certainty) ― pensar (usually expresses more certainty)
(transitive) to feel (to experience the consequences of)
Synonym: sofrer

Sinta a minha ira! ― Feel my wrath!
(transitive) to be offended by (a comment)
Synonyms: magoar-se, ofender-se, ressentir
(chiefly sports, transitive or intransitive) to be significantly harmed by
Parece que Cristiano Ronaldo sentiu a pancada. ― It seems that Cristiano Ronaldo has felt the blow [such that he won’t be able to brush it off].
(intransitive) to be sorry, to be regretful [(usually) with muito; or with por ‘for something’]
Sinto muito. ― I’m sorry.

Nós sentimos pela perda de sua encomenda. ― We are sorry for the loss of the product you ordered.
(parapsychology, transitive or subordinating) to foretell; to foresee
Synonyms: pressentir, adivinhar
(transitive) to hear; to overhear
Synonyms: ouvir, entreouvir

Daqui já não se sente o barulho. ― From here one can no longer hear the noise

Já consigo sentir os seus passos chegando. ― I can already overhear his footsteps coming.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sentir (i-e alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	sentir
Personal	sentir	sentires	sentir	sentirmos	sentirdes	sentirem
Gerund
	sentindo
Past participle
Masculine	sentido			sentidos
Feminine	sentida			sentidas
Indicative
Present	sinto	sentes	sente	sentimos	sentis	sentem
Imperfect	sentia	sentias	sentia	sentíamos	sentíeis	sentiam
Preterite	senti	sentiste	sentiu	sentimos	sentistes	sentiram
Pluperfect	sentira	sentiras	sentira	sentíramos	sentíreis	sentiram
Future	sentirei	sentirás	sentirá	sentiremos	sentireis	sentirão
Conditional	sentiria	sentirias	sentiria	sentiríamos	sentiríeis	sentiriam
Subjunctive
Present	sinta	sintas	sinta	sintamos	sintais	sintam
Imperfect	sentisse	sentisses	sentisse	sentíssemos	sentísseis	sentissem
Future	sentir	sentires	sentir	sentirmos	sentirdes	sentirem
Imperative
Affirmative		sente	sinta	sintamos	senti	sintam
Negative (não)		não sintas	não sinta	não sintamos	não sintais	não sintam

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:sentir.

Hyponyms

(to use biological senses): cheirar; escutar, ouvir; tocar, encostar; provar, degustar; ver, enxergar, olhar

Derived terms

sinto muito

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sentir (“to feel”), from Latin sentīre, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”). Cognate with English scent.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /senˈtiɾ/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -iɾ
Syllabification: sen‧tir

Verb

sentir (first-person singular present siento, first-person singular preterite sentí, past participle sentido)

(transitive) to feel
Por primera vez en mi vida, yo sentí verdadera paz.
For the first time in my life, I felt true peace.

Ella sintió a su corazón latir rápidamente.
She felt her heart beating rapidly.

Siento que deberías estar aquí conmigo.
I feel that you are supposed to be here with me.
(transitive) to regret, feel or be sorry
Synonym: lamentar

Lo siento. ― I’m sorry.
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 201:
  La hija única de una buena mujer «criada y nacida» en ese pueblo [San Bernardo], casó con un comerciante, y ambos resolvieron trasladarse a Santiago. La madre sintió mucho esta resolución de su hija, de que no pudo disuadirla, y para contrastar sus planes, solicitó el auxilio de una Bruja amiga suya.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(transitive) to hear
(reflexive) to feel (an emotion/state of being)
Me siento un poco mal ahora por gritarle.
I feel kind of bad now for yelling at him.

Me siento como si me conocieras.
I feel as though you know me.

Usage notes

Both sentir and sentirse signify "to feel". However, sentir is usually followed by a noun, pronoun or subordinating conjunction that uses the indicative; whereas sentirse is usually followed by an adjective, adverb or conjunction that triggers the subjunctive (e.g. como si).

Conjugation

Conjugation of sentir (e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			sentir
gerund			sintiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sentido		sentida
		plural		sentidos		sentidas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	siento	sientes^{^tú} sentís^{^vos}	siente	sentimos	sentís	sienten
	imperfect	sentía	sentías	sentía	sentíamos	sentíais	sentían
	preterite	sentí	sentiste	sintió	sentimos	sentisteis	sintieron
	future	sentiré	sentirás	sentirá	sentiremos	sentiréis	sentirán
	conditional	sentiría	sentirías	sentiría	sentiríamos	sentiríais	sentirían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sienta	sientas^{^tú} sintás^{^vos²}	sienta	sintamos	sintáis	sientan
	imperfect (ra)	sintiera	sintieras	sintiera	sintiéramos	sintierais	sintieran
	imperfect (se)	sintiese	sintieses	sintiese	sintiésemos	sintieseis	sintiesen
	future¹	sintiere	sintieres	sintiere	sintiéremos	sintiereis	sintieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		siente^{^tú} sentí^{^vos}	sienta	sintamos	sentid	sientan
	negative		no sientas	no sienta	no sintamos	no sintáis	no sientan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of sentir (e-ie-i alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive sentir	dative	sentirme	sentirte	sentirle, sentirse	sentirnos	sentiros	sentirles, sentirse
with infinitive sentir	accusative	sentirme	sentirte	sentirlo, sentirla, sentirse	sentirnos	sentiros	sentirlos, sentirlas, sentirse

with gerund sintiendo	dative	sintiéndome	sintiéndote	sintiéndole, sintiéndose	sintiéndonos	sintiéndoos	sintiéndoles, sintiéndose
with gerund sintiendo	accusative	sintiéndome	sintiéndote	sintiéndolo, sintiéndola, sintiéndose	sintiéndonos	sintiéndoos	sintiéndolos, sintiéndolas, sintiéndose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative siente	dative	siénteme	siéntete	siéntele	siéntenos	not used	siénteles
with informal second-person singular tú imperative siente	accusative	siénteme	siéntete	siéntelo, siéntela	siéntenos	not used	siéntelos, siéntelas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative sentí	dative	sentime	sentite	sentile	sentinos	not used	sentiles
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sentí	accusative	sentime	sentite	sentilo, sentila	sentinos	not used	sentilos, sentilas

with formal second-person singular imperative sienta	dative	siéntame	not used	siéntale, siéntase	siéntanos	not used	siéntales
with formal second-person singular imperative sienta	accusative	siéntame	not used	siéntalo, siéntala, siéntase	siéntanos	not used	siéntalos, siéntalas

with first-person plural imperative sintamos	dative	not used	sintámoste	sintámosle	sintámonos	sintámoos	sintámosles
with first-person plural imperative sintamos	accusative	not used	sintámoste	sintámoslo, sintámosla	sintámonos	sintámoos	sintámoslos, sintámoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative sentid	dative	sentidme	not used	sentidle	sentidnos	sentíos	sentidles
with informal second-person plural imperative sentid	accusative	sentidme	not used	sentidlo, sentidla	sentidnos	sentíos	sentidlos, sentidlas

with formal second-person plural imperative sientan	dative	siéntanme	not used	siéntanle	siéntannos	not used	siéntanles, siéntanse
with formal second-person plural imperative sientan	accusative	siéntanme	not used	siéntanlo, siéntanla	siéntannos	not used	siéntanlos, siéntanlas, siéntanse

Conjugation of sentirse (e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			sentirse
gerund			sintiéndose
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sentido		sentida
		plural		sentidos		sentidas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
personal non-finite		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	infinitive	sentirme	sentirte	sentirse	sentirnos	sentiros	sentirse
	gerund	sintiéndome	sintiéndote	sintiéndose	sintiéndonos	sintiéndoos	sintiéndose

indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me siento	te sientes^{^tú} te sentís^{^vos}	se siente	nos sentimos	os sentís	se sienten
	imperfect	me sentía	te sentías	se sentía	nos sentíamos	os sentíais	se sentían
	preterite	me sentí	te sentiste	se sintió	nos sentimos	os sentisteis	se sintieron
	future	me sentiré	te sentirás	se sentirá	nos sentiremos	os sentiréis	se sentirán
	conditional	me sentiría	te sentirías	se sentiría	nos sentiríamos	os sentiríais	se sentirían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me sienta	te sientas^{^tú} te sintás^{^vos²}	se sienta	nos sintamos	os sintáis	se sientan
	imperfect (ra)	me sintiera	te sintieras	se sintiera	nos sintiéramos	os sintierais	se sintieran
	imperfect (se)	me sintiese	te sintieses	se sintiese	nos sintiésemos	os sintieseis	se sintiesen
	future¹	me sintiere	te sintieres	se sintiere	nos sintiéremos	os sintiereis	se sintieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		siéntete^{^tú} sentite^{^vos}	siéntase	sintámonos	sentíos	siéntanse
	negative		no te sientas	no se sienta	no nos sintamos	no os sintáis	no se sientan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

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Noun

sentir m (plural sentires)

feeling; mood
opinion
- 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
  Un día, como Gloria, viéndole sumergido en hondos comentarios sobre la unidad religiosa impuesta a los Estados después de la unidad política, le dijese que en su sentir los reyes de España habían hecho mal en arrojar del país a los judíos y a los moros, Lantigua abrió mucho los ojos, y después de contemplarla en silencio mientras duró el breve paroxismo de su asombro, le dijo:
  ―Eso es saber más de la cuenta. ¿Qué entiendes tú de eso? Vete a tocar el piano.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Venetan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sentīre. Compare Italian sentire.

Verb

sentir

(transitive) to hear
(transitive) to feel

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of sentir (third conjugation)

person	singular			plural
infinitive	sentir
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		senténdo
past participle		sentito, sentìo
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	sentiso	(te) sentisi	(el/ła) sentise	sentimo	sentì	(i/łe) sentise
imperfect	sentìa	(te) sentivi	(el/ła) sentìa	sentìvimo	sentivi	(i/łe) sentìa
future	sentirò	(te) sentirè	(el/ła) sentirà	sentirémo	sentirè	(i/łe) sentirà
conditional	sentirìa	(te) sentirisi	(el/ła) sentirìa	sentirìsimo	sentirisi	(i/łe) sentirìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	sentisa	(te) sentisi	(el/ła) sentisa	sentimo	sentì	(i/łe) sentisa
imperfect	sentise	(te) sentisi	(el/ła) sentise	sentisimo	sentisi	(i/łe) sentise
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
imperative	—	(te) sentisi	(el/ła) sentisa	sentimo	sentì	(i/łe) sentisa

[Folkmasa-1] “sentir”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

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