sentir
Portuguese, verb/sẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/
sentir is spelled S-E-N-T-I-R (6 letters) and appears 145 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 688th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sentir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to sense; to feel (to perceive by means of biological senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “perceber por qualquer dos sentidos”.
What does sentir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sense; to feel (to perceive by means of biological senses)
Sentes o cheiro de carne cozinhando?
- 2
to feel (to feel with the skin or hands)
Senti alguma coisa na água.
- 3
to feel (to experience an emotion or feeling [noun])
Nunca sentirás a dor de perder um filho.
- 4
to feel (to experience an emotion or feeling [adjective])
Eu me sinto muito cansado no final do dia.
- 5
to feel; to think (to vaguely expect that something is the case or will happen)
Sinto que não há nada que possamos fazer.
- 6
to feel (to experience the consequences of)
Sinta a minha ira!
- 7
to be offended by (a comment)
- 8
to be significantly harmed by
Parece que Cristiano Ronaldo sentiu a pancada.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. perceber por qualquer dos sentidos 2. ter a impressão de algo 3. ouvir
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 sentir
- sinto first-person present singular
- sente present singular third-person
- senti first-person preterite singular
- sentido participle past
- i-e alternation
- sentires infinitive second-person singular
- sentirmos first-person infinitive plural
- sentirdes infinitive plural second-person
- sentirem infinitive plural third-person
- sentindo gerund
- sentidos masculine participle past
- sentida feminine participle past
- sentidas feminine participle past
- sentes indicative present second-person
- sentimos first-person indicative plural
- sentis indicative plural present
- sentem indicative plural present
- sentia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sentir?
- Brazil /sẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [sẽˈt͡ʃi(h)]
- /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 sentir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sentir in Portuguese?
sentir appears 145 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).