sentir
Spanish, noun/senˈtiɾ/
sentir is spelled S-E-N-T-I-R (6 letters) and appears 78 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,138th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sentir is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “feeling; mood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sentimiento”.
What does sentir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to feel
Por primera vez en mi vida, yo sentí verdadera paz.
- 2
to regret, feel or be sorry
Lo siento.
- 3
to hear
- 4
to feel (an emotion/state of being)
Me siento un poco mal ahora por gritarle.
noun
- 1
masculinefeeling; mood
- 2
masculineopinion
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Percibir por cualquiera de los sentidos, sobre todo por el tacto. 2. Tener sentimientos, emociones o sensaciones. 3. Percibir por medio del oído. 4. Prestar atención a lo que se oye.
noun: 1. Sentimiento. 2. Opinión.
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 sentir
- siento first-person present singular
- sentí first-person preterite singular
- sentido participle past
- e-ie-i alternation
- sintiendo gerund
- sentida feminine participle past
- sentidos masculine participle past
- sentidas feminine participle past
- sientes indicative informal present
- sentís indicative informal present
- siente indicative present singular
- sentimos first-person indicative plural
- sienten indicative plural present
- sentía first-person imperfect indicative
- sentías imperfect indicative second-person
- sentíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- sentíais imperfect indicative plural
- sentían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sentir?
- /senˈtiɾ/
- [sẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sentir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sentir in Spanish?
sentir appears 78 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).