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presentire

to have a premonition of

verb preh-zen-TEE-reh Rare
Mind & Emotions Mental States

Also means

to sense in advance

Usage Note

Presentire belongs to the -ire conjugation (third group) and follows the pattern of sentire: presento, presenti, presente. It expresses an intuitive foreknowledge — presentire il pericolo (to sense danger ahead). The noun presentimento (premonition) is more common in everyday speech. It takes avere in compound tenses.

Examples

"Presentivo che qualcosa sarebbe andato storto."

Natural Translation

I sensed that something would go wrong.

Literal Translation

I-sensed that something would-have gone wrong.

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