sentir

Inherited from Latin sentīre.

sentir

1. to feel (an emotion)
2. to sense
3. to hear
4. to feel, reckon

Inherited from Old Catalan sentir, from Latin sentīre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sənˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [senˈtiɾ]

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• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

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

1. to sense
2. to feel
3. to hear of something

   Em pots sentir bé? ― Can you hear me ok?

4. (intransitive, hi) (with pronoun hi) to be able to hear

   Que hi sent bé? ― Can you hear ok?

5. (Castilianism) to regret, be sorry

   Ho sento. ― I'm sorry.

• “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.

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

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.tiʁ/

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sentir

1. (intransitive) to smell (to have a certain odor)

   Ça sent bon. ― It smells good.

2. (transitive) to taste
3. (transitive) to feel (physical perception)
4. (transitive) to smell of, taste of

   Ce repas sent l’ail. ― This meal smells/tastes of garlic.

5. (transitive, informal) to smack of; to indicate, foreshadow

   Ça sent la pluie. ― It looks like rain.

6. (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.

7. (transitive) to feel, be aware of, be conscious of
8. (reflexive) to feel (in oneself)
9. (reflexive) to show, be felt (of effect, improvement etc.)

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

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).

• empester
• exhaler
• puer

• nez
• odorat

• “sentir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• retins, ternis

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

• IPA^(key): /senˈtiɾ/

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)

1. 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!

2. to sense, perceive
3. to feel

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sentir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (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

• IPA^(key): /senˈtir/

sentir

1. past infinitive of sentar

sentir (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of sentire

• sterni

sentir (Hebrew spelling סינטיר)^[1]

1. alternative form of sintir

Inherited from Old Occitan sentir, from Latin sentīre.

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sentir

1. to feel (have a feeling)
2. to smell

Inherited from Latin sentīre.

sentir

1. to feel (have a feeling)
2. to smell

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.

• French: sentir
• Norman: senti

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

sentir

1. (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.

• Galician: sentir
• Portuguese: sentir

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

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

sentir

1. (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.

• Ladino: sentir, sintir, סינטיר
• Spanish: sentir

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

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

• Homophone: senti (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: sen‧tir

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

1. (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?

2. (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.

3. (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.

4. (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.

5. (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)

6. (transitive) to feel (to experience the consequences of)

   Synonym: sofrer

   Sinta a minha ira! ― Feel my wrath!

7. (transitive) to be offended by (a comment)

   Synonyms: magoar-se, ofender-se, ressentir

8. (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].

9. (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.

10. (parapsychology, transitive or subordinating) to foretell; to foresee

    Synonyms: pressentir, adivinhar

11. (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.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:sentir.

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

• sinto muito

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

• IPA^(key): /senˈtiɾ/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: sen‧tir

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

1. (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.

2. (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)

3. (transitive) to hear
4. (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.

• 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).

• palpar

sentir m (plural sentires)

1. feeling; mood
2. 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)

• “sentir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Inherited from Latin sentīre. Compare Italian sentire.

sentir

1. (transitive) to hear
2. (transitive) to feel

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