ressentir
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.sẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/
ressentir is spelled R-E-S-S-E-N-T-I-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,181st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ressentir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to be offended by something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sentir novamente”.
What does ressentir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be offended by something
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sentir novamente 2. magoar-se; ofender-se um pouco com 3. melindrar-se
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 ressentir
- ressinto first-person present singular
- ressente present singular third-person
- ressenti first-person preterite singular
- ressentido participle past
- i-e alternation
- ressentires infinitive second-person singular
- ressentirmos first-person infinitive plural
- ressentirdes infinitive plural second-person
- ressentirem infinitive plural third-person
- ressentindo gerund
- ressentidos masculine participle past
- ressentida feminine participle past
- ressentidas feminine participle past
- ressentes indicative present second-person
- ressentimos first-person indicative plural
- ressentis indicative plural present
- ressentem indicative plural present
- ressentia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ressentir?
- Brazil /ʁe.sẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.sẽˈt͡ʃi(h)]
- /ʁe.sẽˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ressentir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ressentir in Portuguese?
ressentir appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).