Polyglot Dictionary

sensação

/sẽsaˈsɐ̃w/

a noun B1

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
as sensações

Meaning

  1. feeling

    • Tenho essa sensação.

      I have that feeling.

N Category Idea Concreteness Abstract Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

sentimento

sensação is more about a physical or immediate sensation; sentimento is more about a lasting emotional feeling.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

sensación

sensación is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "feeling."

Spanish

sentimiento

sentimiento is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "feeling."

French

sentiment

sentiment is the French word for the same thing — both mean "feeling."

Practice

1 What does sensação mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tenho essa ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches sensação?

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