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sentir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • feel verb To become aware of something through the sense of touch.
  • scent noun A distinctive smell.
  • sense noun One of the physical faculties — sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch — through which the body perceives the world.
  • smell noun A sensation caused by breathing in odor particles, pleasant or unpleasant.

Senses

sentir is used for these senses in English:

  • feel (intransitive, copulative) To experience an emotion or other mental state.
  • feel (transitive) To think, believe, or have an impression concerning.
  • feel (transitive) To experience an emotion or other mental state about.
  • smell (transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
  • smell (intransitive, copulative) Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.

feel — full definition

  1. verb To become aware of something through the sense of touch.
  2. verb To experience an emotion or mental state.
  3. verb To believe or have an impression about something.
  4. noun A general impression or atmosphere of something.

scent — full definition

  1. noun A distinctive smell.
  2. noun A trail of smell left by an animal or person that can be followed.
  3. verb To detect something by smell.

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