asentir
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin assentīre, present active infinitive of assentior.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
asentir (first-person singular present asiento, first-person singular preterite asentí, past participle asentido)
- (intransitive) to nod (to incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement)
- (intransitive) to agree, to consent
- Synonym: consentir
ConjugationEdit
- Rule: e becomes a ie in stressed syllables and i in certain conjugations.
- 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
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Further readingEdit
- “asentir” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.