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Galician
Adjective
sensível m or f (plural sensíveis, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of sensible
Further reading
- “sensível” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Etymology
From Late Latin sēnsibilis (“perceptible by the senses, having feeling, sensible”), from Latin sentiō (“to feel, perceive”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ivɛl
- Hyphenation: sen‧sí‧vel
Adjective
sensível m or f (plural sensíveis)
- sensitive
- tender, sore
- sensible
- delicate
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sensível”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “sensível”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “sensível” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “sensível”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “sensível”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “sensível”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025