sentir
Meaning
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- (transitive) to feel
- (transitive) to regret, feel or be sorry
- (transitive) to hear
- (reflexive) to feel (an emotion/state of being)
Concepts
be sorry
be sorry for
give off an odour
Synonyms
oir
despedir olor
enterarse de
Frequency
Hyphenated as
sen‧tir
Pronounced as (IPA)
/senˈtiɾ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish sentir (“to feel”), from Latin sentīre, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”). Cognate with English scent.
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