sentir
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
sentir
Related terms edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Catalan sentir, from Latin sentīre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
sentir (first-person singular present sento, first-person singular preterite sentí, past participle sentit); root stress: (Central, Valencian, 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
- Ho sento. ― I'm sorry.
Conjugation edit
infinitive | sentir | ||||||
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gerund | sentint | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | sentit | sentida | |||||
plural | sentits | sentides | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
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 edit
References edit
- “sentir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sentir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French sentir, from Latin sentīre, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
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 Manchefr.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.)
Conjugation edit
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).
infinitive | simple | sentir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | sentant /sɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
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/ |
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 | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “sentir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese sentir, from Latin sentīre, present active infinitive of sentiō, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
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 edit
1Less recommended.
References edit
- “sentir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “sentir” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “sentir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Ido edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
sentir
- past infinitive of sentar
Italian edit
Verb edit
sentir (apocopated)
Anagrams edit
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan sentir, from Latin sentīre, present active infinitive of sentiō.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Verb edit
sentir
Conjugation edit
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | sentir | ?er sentit | |||||
past participle | sentit | — | |||||
gerund | sentissent | ?ent sentit | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
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 | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
sentís | sentiscam | sentissetz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin sentīre, present active infinitive of sentiō.
Verb edit
sentir
Conjugation edit
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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | sentir | avoir senti | |||||
gerund | en sentant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | sentant | ||||||
past participle | senti | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
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 |
imperfect | sentisse | sentisses | sentist | sentissons, sentissiens | sentissoiz, sentissez, sentissiez | sentissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | sent | — | sentons | sentez | — |
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese sentir, from Latin sentīre, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
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)
- (transitive) to feel (to experience an emotion or feeling [noun])
- (copulative, takes a reflexive pronoun) 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)
- (transitive) to feel (to experience the consequences of)
- Synonym: sofrer
- Sinta a minha ira! ― Feel my wrath!
- (transitive) to be offended by (a comment)
- (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].
- (usually sentir muito, intransitive, or transitive with por) to be sorry, regretful
- 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 edit
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:sentir.
Hyponyms edit
- (to use biological senses): cheirar; escutar, ouvir; tocar, encostar; provar, degustar; ver, enxergar, olhar
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin sentīre, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”). Cognate with English scent.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
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 que estar aquí conmigo.
- I feel that you are supposed to be here with me.
- (transitive) to regret, feel/be sorry
- Synonym: lamentar
- Lo siento. ― I'm sorry.
- (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 edit
- 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 edit
infinitive | sentir | ||||||
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gerund | sintiendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | sentido | sentida | |||||
plural | sentidos | sentidas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
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 | sientestú sentísvos |
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 | sientastú sintásvos2 |
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 | sientetú sentívos |
sienta | sintamos | sentid | sientan | ||
negative | no sientas | no sienta | no sintamos | no sintáis | no sientan |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
See also edit
Noun edit
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)
Further reading edit
- “sentir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Venetian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin sentīre, present active infinitive of sentiō. Compare Italian sentire.
Verb edit
sentir
- (transitive) to hear
- (transitive) to feel
Conjugation edit
- Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | sentir | |||||
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auxiliary verb | aver | gerund | senténdo | |||
past participle | sentito, sentìo | |||||
person | singular | plural | ||||
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 | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
present | 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 |
— | (te) sentisi | (el/ła) sentisa | sentimo | sentì | (i/łe) sentisa |