presentir
Spanish, verb/pɾesenˈtiɾ/
presentir is spelled P-R-E-S-E-N-T-I-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 114,759th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Presentir is a Spanish verb meaning “to have a feeling, have a premonition; to be aware of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tener la intuición, sensación o impresión de que algo va a acontecer u ocurrir. Tener una premonición”.
What does presentir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to have a feeling, have a premonition; to be aware of
Presintió que algo iba a pasar.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tener la intuición, sensación o impresión de que algo va a acontecer u ocurrir. Tener una premonición. 2. Sentir una cosa antes que suceda, por algunos indicios o señales que la preceden.
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 presentir
- presiento first-person present singular
- presentí first-person preterite singular
- presentido participle past
- e-ie-i alternation
- presintiendo gerund
- presentida feminine participle past
- presentidos masculine participle past
- presentidas feminine participle past
- presientes indicative informal present
- presentís indicative informal present
- presiente indicative present singular
- presentimos first-person indicative plural
- presienten indicative plural present
- presentía first-person imperfect indicative
- presentías imperfect indicative second-person
- presentíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- presentíais imperfect indicative plural
- presentían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce presentir?
- /pɾesenˈtiɾ/
- [pɾe.sẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]
- [pɾesẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to presentir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is presentir in Spanish?
presentir appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).