Polyglot Dictionary

presentir

/pɾesenˈtiɾ/

verb B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
presiento
preterite (yo)
presentí
past participle
presentido

Meaning

  1. to sense

    • Presentí el peligro.

      I sensed the danger.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

intuir

presentir specifically means to have a premonition, to sense something bad will happen; intuir is more general intuition.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

pressentir

pressentir is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to sense."

Practice

1 What does presentir mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ el peligro.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches presentir?

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