Sentir conjugation chart
Sentir present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I feel | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you feel | |
| vos | you feel | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she feels | |
| nosotros | we feel | |
| vosotros | you all feel | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they feel |
The highlighted forms change their stem. Notice that nosotros, vosotros and vos stay out: draw a line around the forms that change and you get a boot, which is why these are called “boot verbs.”
Sentir preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I felt | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you felt | |
| vos | you felt | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she felt | |
| nosotros | we felt | |
| vosotros | you all felt | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they felt |
Irregular in él/ella/usted and ellos/ustedes (in red): sintió, sintieron…; the other forms are regular.
Sentir imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I felt | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you felt | |
| vos | you felt | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she felt | |
| nosotros | we felt | |
| vosotros | you all felt | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they felt |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Sentir future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will feel | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will feel | |
| vos | you will feel | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will feel | |
| nosotros | we will feel | |
| vosotros | you all will feel | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will feel |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Sentir conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would feel | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would feel | |
| vos | you would feel | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would feel | |
| nosotros | we would feel | |
| vosotros | you all would feel | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would feel |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Sentir present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I feel | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you feel | |
| vos | that you feel | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she feel | |
| nosotros | that we feel | |
| vosotros | that you all feel | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they feel |
Irregular stem si- + -enta, -entas, -ntamos, -ntáis, -entan.
Sentir imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I felt | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you felt | |
| vos | if you felt | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she felt | |
| nosotros | if we felt | |
| vosotros | if you all felt | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they felt |
Irregular stem sinti- + -era, -eras, -éramos, -erais, -eran.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (sintiese), more common in writing.
Sentir affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | feel! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | feel! | |
| usted | feel! | |
| nosotros | let's feel! | |
| vosotros | feel! | |
| ustedes | feel! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: siente. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (sienta, sintamos, sientan).
Sentir negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't feel! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't feel! | |
| usted | don't feel! | |
| nosotros | let's not feel! | |
| vosotros | don't feel! | |
| ustedes | don't feel! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + sientas, sienta…
Always the verb haber + the past participle sentido, which never changes.
Sentir present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he sentido |
|---|---|
| tú | has sentido |
| vos | has sentido |
| él, ella, usted | ha sentido |
| nosotros | hemos sentido |
| vosotros | habéis sentido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han sentido |
Sentir pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había sentido |
|---|---|
| tú | habías sentido |
| vos | habías sentido |
| él, ella, usted | había sentido |
| nosotros | habíamos sentido |
| vosotros | habíais sentido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían sentido |
Sentir future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré sentido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás sentido |
| vos | habrás sentido |
| él, ella, usted | habrá sentido |
| nosotros | habremos sentido |
| vosotros | habréis sentido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán sentido |
Sentir conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría sentido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías sentido |
| vos | habrías sentido |
| él, ella, usted | habría sentido |
| nosotros | habríamos sentido |
| vosotros | habríais sentido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían sentido |
Sentir present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya sentido |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas sentido |
| vos | hayas sentido |
| él, ella, usted | haya sentido |
| nosotros | hayamos sentido |
| vosotros | hayáis sentido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan sentido |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
Watch out
Lo siento is “I'm sorry,” but to say how you feel you need sentirse: me siento bien. In the preterite, the e changes to i: sintió.
Examples with sentir
Lo siento mucho.
I'm so sorry.
Hoy me siento mejor.
I feel better today.
Sintió miedo.
He felt scared.
Practice sentir
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Verbs like sentir
Stem change e → ie (sentir → sientes). Same pattern:
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