Polyglot Dictionary

pressentimento

/presẽtʃiˈmẽtu/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
pressentimentos

Meaning

  1. hunch, premonition, presentiment

    • Tive um pressentimento de que algo ia dar errado.

      I had a hunch that something was going to go wrong.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Practice

1 What does pressentimento mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tive um ___ de que algo ia dar errado.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches pressentimento?

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