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presentir

/pɾesenˈtiɾ/

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verb/pɾesenˈtiɾ/

to have a feeling, have a premonition; to be aware of

Presintió que algo iba a pasar.He had a feeling that something was going to happen.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae- Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Latin praesentīrelbor. Spanish presentir Learned borrowing from Latin praesentīre. By surface analysis, pre- (“before”) + sentir (“to feel”).