asentir
Spanish, verb/asenˈtiɾ/
asentir is a Spanish verb meaning “to nod (to incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aceptar como verdadero lo que alguien expresa, o indicar acuerdo con ello; decir sí con palabras u otros…”.
What does asentir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to nod (to incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement)
- 2
to agree, to consent
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Aceptar como verdadero lo que alguien expresa, o indicar acuerdo con ello; decir sí con palabras u otros modos de expresar aprobación y aquiescencia.
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 asentir
- asiento first-person present singular
- asentí first-person preterite singular
- asentido participle past
- e-ie-i alternation
- asintiendo gerund
- asentida feminine participle past
- asentidos masculine participle past
- asentidas feminine participle past
- asientes indicative informal present
- asentís indicative informal present
- asiente indicative present singular
- asentimos first-person indicative plural
- asienten indicative plural present
- asentía first-person imperfect indicative
- asentías imperfect indicative second-person
- asentíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- asentíais imperfect indicative plural
- asentían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce asentir?
- /asenˈtiɾ/
- [a.sẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]
- [asẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to asentir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is asentir in Spanish?
asentir appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).