Kilo Lingo

el

masculine

/pɾesentiˈmjento/

Line drawing of presentimiento
Coloured illustration of presentimiento
#2810 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

premonition, hunch, feeling

Word origin

From presentir ('to have a premonition'), formed from the prefix pre- ('before') and sentir ('to feel'), from Latin sentire. The same root gives English 'sentiment' and 'sense'.

Origin
Latin
Root
sentire
English cognates
sentiment, sense

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralpresentimientos

Examples

.

I have a feeling that something is going to happen.

.

Her premonition turned out to be true.

.

A bad feeling would not let her sleep.

¿ ?

Have you ever had a strange premonition?

.

I left there following a simple hunch.

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Go to my review queue

This word is part of lesson 57.