pressentir
/pʁe.sɑ̃.tiʁ/ verb C1- to have a premonition
- to foresee (mysteriously)
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- pressentir
- Present participle
- pressentant
- Past participle
- pressenti
- Present (je)
- pressens
- Future (je)
- pressentirai
- Passé composé (je)
- ai pressenti
An irregular verb: some of its forms don’t follow the rules, so learn them by heart.
From the library
La stupeur était à son comble, il n'y avait plus dans les paroles de l'accusé ni forfanterie ni cynisme ; l'auditoire ému pressentait quelque foudre éclatante au fond de ce nuage sombre.
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