sentire

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See also: sentiré

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sentīre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /senˈti.re/
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  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: sen‧tì‧re

Verb

sentìre (first-person singular present sènto, first-person singular past historic sentìi, past participle sentìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to feel
    Mi dovrei sentire male?Should I feel bad?
  2. to hear
    Sento soltanto te.I hear only you.
    Fatti sentire.Don't be a stranger. (literally, “Make yourself heard”)
    Senti!Listen!
  3. to smell
    Riesco a sentire l'odore dell'oceano.I can smell the ocean.

Conjugation

Including lesser-used forms:

Related terms

Further reading

  • sentire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

sentīre

  1. inflection of sentiō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sentīre.

Verb

sentire

  1. to feel
  2. to hear

References

  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “sentire”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano