pressentimento
Portuguese, noun/pɾe.sẽ.t͡ʃiˈmẽ.tu/
pressentimento is spelled P-R-E-S-S-E-N-T-I-M-E-N-T-O (14 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,135th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pressentimento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “feeling; intuition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de pressentir”.
What does pressentimento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefeeling; intuition
Tenho um pressentimento de que não estamos mais no Kansas.
- 2
masculinepresentiment; premonition
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de pressentir
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pressentimento
- pressentimentos plural
- presentimento alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pressentimento?
- Brazil /pɾe.sẽ.t͡ʃiˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal /pɾɨ.sẽ.tiˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal /pɾɨ.sẽ.ti.ˈmẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pressentimento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pressentimento in Portuguese?
pressentimento appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).