pressentimento
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- presentimento (obsolete)
Etymology
From pressentir (“to have a hunch or premonition”) + -mento (“-ment”), from pre- (“pre-”) + sentir (“to feel”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾe.sẽ.t͡ʃiˈmẽ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾe.sẽ.t͡ʃiˈmẽ.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨ.sẽ.tiˈmẽ.tu/
- Hyphenation: pres‧sen‧ti‧men‧to
Noun
pressentimento m (plural pressentimentos)
- feeling; intuition
- Synonyms: desconfiança, suspeita
- Tenho um pressentimento de que não estamos mais no Kansas.
- I have a feeling we are not in Kansas anymore.
- (parapsychology) presentiment; premonition
- Synonyms: adivinhação, antevisão, premonição, presciência, presságio, previsão, visão
Related terms
- pressentido
- pressentir
- pressentível
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