ressentir

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French

Etymology

From re- +‎ sentir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.sɑ̃.tiʁ/
  • (se ressentir) IPA(key): /sə ʁsɑ̃.tiʁ/
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Verb

ressentir

  1. (transitive) to feel (an emotion, usually strongly)
    Synonym: se sentir
    • 2018, Zaz, J'aime, j'aime:
      Difficile à dire, c’est juste ce que je ressens
      Difficult to say, it’s just what I feel
  2. (reflexive, ~ de) to suffer from the effects of

Conjugation

This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include sortir and dormir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms (je, tu) ressens and (il) ressent in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *ressentis and *ressentit (as in the past historic).

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Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: res‧sen‧tir

Verb

ressentir (first-person singular present ressinto, third-person singular present ressente, first-person singular preterite ressenti, past participle ressentido)

  1. to be offended by something

Conjugation