resentir
Spanish, verb[resẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]
resentir is spelled R-E-S-E-N-T-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 93,848th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Resentir is a Spanish verb meaning “only used in se ... resentir, syntactic variant of resentirse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Causar dolor, enojo, tristeza, ofensa o rencor; lastimar los sentimientos de alguien”.
What does resentir mean in English?
verb
- 1
only used in se ... resentir, syntactic variant of resentirse
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Causar dolor, enojo, tristeza, ofensa o rencor; lastimar los sentimientos de alguien. 2. Causar debilidad, hacer disminuir la fuerza, tamaño o vitalidad de algo o de alguien. 3. Quedar en un estado inferior al que se tenía antes, especialmente en términos de hacerse más débil, vulnerable o reducido.
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 resentir
- haber resentido impersonal infinitive
- resintiendo impersonal gerund
- habiendo resentido impersonal gerund
- resentido impersonal participle
- resiento first-person singular indicative
- resientes second-person singular indicative
- resentís second-person singular vos-form
- resiente third-person singular indicative
- resentimos first-person plural indicative
- resienten third-person plural indicative
- resentía first-person singular indicative
- resentías second-person singular indicative
- resentíamos first-person plural indicative
- resentíais second-person plural indicative
- resentían third-person plural indicative
- resentí first-person singular indicative
- resentiste second-person singular indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce resentir?
- [resẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to resentir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is resentir in Spanish?
resentir appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).