sentimento
o sentimento
feeling
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How do you say sentimento in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce sentimento in Portuguese?
sentimento is pronounced /u sẽtʃiˈmẽtu/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
O sentimento profundo que ele experimentou mudou sua vida completamente.
The deep feeling that he experienced completely changed his life.
Aquele sentimento antigo ressurgiu quando ele viu o antigo amigo.
That old feeling resurfaced when he saw his old friend.
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Why is it masculine?
Sentimento is masculine because it derives from Latin "sentimentum," which followed the second declension masculine noun pattern (-mentum suffix), a productive Latin ending that regularly produced masculine nouns and was inherited as masculine in Portuguese. This -mento suffix remains a standard masculine-forming suffix in modern Portuguese (like "pensamento," "movimento").
What is the Portuguese word for feeling?
The Portuguese word for feeling is o sentimento — masculine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 French | sentiment | le | masculine |
| 🇮🇹 Italian | sentimento | il | masculine |
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