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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

sentir

to feel

  • #59 most used
  • Irregular -ir verb
  • Gerund: sentindo
  • Past participle: sentido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. eu I feel
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you feel
  3. nós we feel
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all feel

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

  1. eu I felt
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you felt
  3. nós we felt
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all felt

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

  1. eu I am going to feel
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you are going to feel
  3. nós we are going to feel
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all are going to feel

Imperfect

Pretérito Imperfeito · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. eu I used to feel
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you used to feel
  3. nós we used to feel
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all used to feel

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

  1. eu I would feel
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you would feel
  3. nós we would feel
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all would feel

Present subjunctive

Presente do Subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. eu (that) I feel
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (that) you feel
  3. nós (that) we feel
  4. vocês, eles, elas (that) you all feel

Past subjunctive

Imperfeito do Subjuntivo · “if I were”, “se …”

  1. eu (if) I felt
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (if) you felt
  3. nós (if) we felt
  4. vocês, eles, elas (if) you all felt

Future subjunctive

Futuro do Subjuntivo · “when” and “if” about the future

  1. eu (when) I feel
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (when) you feel
  3. nós (when) we feel
  4. vocês, eles, elas (when) you all feel

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você feel!
  2. vocês feel! (all of you)

How to use sentir

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Eu sinto muita saudade da minha cidade.

    I really miss my hometown.

  2. Past

    Você sentiu o cheiro de bolo?

    Did you smell the cake?

  3. Future

    Você vai sentir frio sem casaco.

    You're going to feel cold without a coat.

  4. Imperfect

    Eu sentia medo de dirigir à noite.

    I used to be afraid of driving at night.

  5. Conditional

    Eu sentiria falta do barulho da cidade.

    I would miss the noise of the city.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que você não sinta dor.

    I hope you don't feel any pain.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se eu sentisse fome, comeria alguma coisa.

    If I felt hungry, I'd eat something.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se sentir frio, pega um cobertor.

    If you feel cold, grab a blanket.

  9. Imperative

    Sinta o cheiro desse café!

    Smell this coffee!

Good to know

  • "Sentir falta de" or "sentir saudade de" is to miss someone or something.

Where you hear sentir

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 2

  • Eu sinto uma dor nas costas. I feel a pain in my back.
  • Ontem eu senti uma dor na perna. Yesterday I felt a pain in my leg.
  • Depois do jogo, eu vou sentir dor nas pernas. After the game, I will feel pain in my legs.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 2

  • Aqui, eu me sinto em casa. Here, I feel at home.
  • Ontem eu me senti cansada, mas hoje estou ótima. Yesterday I felt tired, but today I'm great.
  • Depois do café, você vai se sentir melhor. After the coffee, you're going to feel better.
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At the Doctor's

Beginner Level 2 · está sentindo · você está sentindo

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How Do You Feel?

Beginner Level 2 · eu sinto falta

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Come What May

Intermediate Level 2 · me senti

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It Had Been Months Since I'd Heard That Accent

Intermediate Level 3 · sente

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