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presentimiento

Spanish, noun/pɾesentiˈmjento/

presentimiento is spelled P-R-E-S-E-N-T-I-M-I-E-N-T-O (14 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,583rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Presentimiento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “presentiment, foreboding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cierto movimiento interior que hace entrever y presagiar lo que ha de acontecer”.

What does presentimiento mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepresentiment, foreboding

  2. 2

    masculinegut feeling, hunch

  3. 3

    masculinepremonition

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Cierto movimiento interior que hace entrever y presagiar lo que ha de acontecer.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of presentimiento

  • presentimientos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce presentimiento?

  • /pɾesentiˈmjento/
  • [pɾe.sẽn̪.t̪iˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
  • [pɾesẽn̪t̪iˈmjẽn̪t̪o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to presentimiento

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is presentimiento in Spanish?

presentimiento appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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