pressentir

French

Etymology

From pré- +‎ sentir.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʁe.sɑ̃.tiʁ/
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Verb

pressentir

  1. to have a premonition
  2. to foresee (mysteriously)

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) pressens and (il) pressent in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *pressentis and *pressentit (as in the past historic).

Conjugation of pressentir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pressentir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pressentant
/pʁe.sɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pressenti
/pʁe.sɑ̃.ti/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present pressens
/pʁe.sɑ̃/		 pressens
/pʁe.sɑ̃/		 pressent
/pʁe.sɑ̃/		 pressentons
/pʁe.sɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 pressentez
/pʁe.sɑ̃.te/		 pressentent
/pʁe.sɑ̃t/
imperfect pressentais
/pʁe.sɑ̃.tɛ/		 pressentais
/pʁe.sɑ̃.tɛ/		 pressentait
/pʁe.sɑ̃.tɛ/		 pressentions
/pʁe.sɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 pressentiez
/pʁe.sɑ̃.tje/		 pressentaient
/pʁe.sɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 pressentis
/pʁe.sɑ̃.ti/		 pressentis
/pʁe.sɑ̃.ti/		 pressentit
/pʁe.sɑ̃.ti/		 pressentîmes
/pʁe.sɑ̃.tim/		 pressentîtes
/pʁe.sɑ̃.tit/		 pressentirent
/pʁe.sɑ̃.tiʁ/
future pressentirai
/pʁe.sɑ̃.ti.ʁe/		 pressentiras
/pʁe.sɑ̃.ti.ʁa/		 pressentira
/pʁe.sɑ̃.ti.ʁa/		 pressentirons
/pʁe.sɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/		 pressentirez
/pʁe.sɑ̃.ti.ʁe/		 pressentiront
/pʁe.sɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pressentirais
/pʁe.sɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/		 pressentirais
/pʁe.sɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/		 pressentirait
/pʁe.sɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/		 pressentirions
/pʁe.sɑ̃.ti.ʁjɔ̃/		 pressentiriez
/pʁe.sɑ̃.ti.ʁje/		 pressentiraient
/pʁe.sɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present pressente
/pʁe.sɑ̃t/		 pressentes
/pʁe.sɑ̃t/		 pressente
/pʁe.sɑ̃t/		 pressentions
/pʁe.sɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 pressentiez
/pʁe.sɑ̃.tje/		 pressentent
/pʁe.sɑ̃t/
imperfect2 pressentisse
/pʁe.sɑ̃.tis/		 pressentisses
/pʁe.sɑ̃.tis/		 pressentît
/pʁe.sɑ̃.ti/		 pressentissions
/pʁe.sɑ̃.ti.sjɔ̃/		 pressentissiez
/pʁe.sɑ̃.ti.sje/		 pressentissent
/pʁe.sɑ̃.tis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pressens
/pʁe.sɑ̃/		 — pressentons
/pʁe.sɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 pressentez
/pʁe.sɑ̃.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾe.sẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [pɾe.sẽˈt͡ʃi(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pɾe.sẽˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pɾe.sẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [pɾe.sẽˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾe.sẽˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨ.sẽˈtiɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨ.sẽˈti.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: pres‧sen‧tir

Verb

pressentir (first-person singular present pressinto, third-person singular present pressente, first-person singular preterite pressenti, past participle pressentido)

  1. to sense, feel (have a presentment)
  2. to predict

Conjugation
    Conjugation of pressentir (i-e alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(tu)		 Third-person
(ele / ela / você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal pressentir
Personal pressentir pressentires pressentir pressentirmos pressentirdes pressentirem
Gerund
pressentindo
Past participle
Masculine pressentido pressentidos
Feminine pressentida pressentidas
Indicative
Present pressinto pressentes pressente pressentimos pressentis pressentem
Imperfect pressentia pressentias pressentia pressentíamos pressentíeis pressentiam
Preterite pressenti pressentiste pressentiu pressentimos pressentistes pressentiram
Pluperfect pressentira pressentiras pressentira pressentíramos pressentíreis pressentiram
Future pressentirei pressentirás pressentirá pressentiremos pressentireis pressentirão
Conditional pressentiria pressentirias pressentiria pressentiríamos pressentiríeis pressentiriam
Subjunctive
Present pressinta pressintas pressinta pressintamos pressintais pressintam
Imperfect pressentisse pressentisses pressentisse pressentíssemos pressentísseis pressentissem
Future pressentir pressentires pressentir pressentirmos pressentirdes pressentirem
Imperative
Affirmative pressente pressinta pressintamos pressenti pressintam
Negative (não) não pressintas não pressinta não pressintamos não pressintais não pressintam
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