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sentire

"sentire" means "to feel" in Italian. It is number 229 on the frequency list, in A1 (verb).

Meaning

to feel; to hear; to smell

IPA

/senˈti.re/

Forms in this course

senti, sentito, sento, sente, senta

Level

A1

Practice this word

Updated October 21, 2026

Example sentences

• Mi senti?
  Do you hear me?
  Tatoeba: Pharamp / CK
• Cosa senti?
  What do you hear?
  Tatoeba: Guybrush88 / CK
• Senti qualcosa?
  Do you hear anything?
  Tatoeba: Guybrush88 / CK

Learned together

In the course, "sentire" is in the same group as these words. You master them as a set.

• vedere to see
• sembrare to seem, to look, to appear
• pensare to think
• parlare to talk, to speak
• aspettare to wait for, await, wait
• farlo to do it, to make it (fare + lo)
• pregare to pray
• piacere to be pleasing to
• venire to come

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