presentimento

premonition

noun preh-zen-tee-MEN-toh Rare

Origin: From Latin praesentire ('to feel in advance').

Also means

foreboding

Usage Note

Presentimento is a feeling that something — usually bad — is about to happen, a premonition or foreboding. It is always used in a subjective, intuitive sense rather than a reasoned prediction. Common collocations: avere un brutto presentimento ('to have a bad feeling about something'). Not to be confused with previsione ('forecast') or presagio ('omen').

Examples

"Ho un brutto presentimento su questo viaggio."

Natural Translation

I have a bad feeling about this trip.

Literal Translation

I-have a bad premonition about this trip.

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