Sentir conjugation

Sentir means "to feel". Here it is in every main tense, with real example sentences and a free checker for your own.

Meaningto feel

Type-ir verb

Gerundsintiendo

Past participlesentido

Sentir changes form (an irregular, stem-changing or spelling-changing form) in the present, preterite and present subjunctive. Juntos teaches Latin American Spanish, where ustedes replaces vosotros; the vosotros forms are shown for completeness.

Quick answer. Present: siento, sientes, siente, sentimos, sienten. Preterite: sentí, sentiste, sintió, sentimos, sintieron. All tenses below.

Sentir conjugation tables

Jump to: present · preterite · imperfect · future · conditional · present subjunctive · present perfect · commands (imperative)

Sentir in the present

what happens now or usually

yo	siento
tú	sientes
él / ella / usted	siente
nosotros	sentimos
vosotros (Spain)	sentís
ellos / ustedes	sienten

Sentir in the preterite

a finished action at a specific time

yo	sentí
tú	sentiste
él / ella / usted	sintió
nosotros	sentimos
vosotros (Spain)	sentisteis
ellos / ustedes	sintieron

Sentir in the imperfect

habits, descriptions and background in the past

yo	sentía
tú	sentías
él / ella / usted	sentía
nosotros	sentíamos
vosotros (Spain)	sentíais
ellos / ustedes	sentían

Sentir in the future

what will happen

yo	sentiré
tú	sentirás
él / ella / usted	sentirá
nosotros	sentiremos
vosotros (Spain)	sentiréis
ellos / ustedes	sentirán

Sentir in the conditional

what would happen

yo	sentiría
tú	sentirías
él / ella / usted	sentiría
nosotros	sentiríamos
vosotros (Spain)	sentiríais
ellos / ustedes	sentirían

Sentir in the present subjunctive

after wishes, doubts and requests (quiero que…)

yo	sienta
tú	sientas
él / ella / usted	sienta
nosotros	sintamos
vosotros (Spain)	sintáis
ellos / ustedes	sientan

Sentir in the present perfect

what has happened, up to now (he comido)

yo	he sentido
tú	has sentido
él / ella / usted	ha sentido
nosotros	hemos sentido
vosotros (Spain)	habéis sentido
ellos / ustedes	han sentido

Sentir in the commands (imperative)

telling someone to do something (habla, no hables)

tú	siente
tú (no)	no sientas
usted	sienta
nosotros	sintamos
vosotros (Spain)	sentid
ustedes	sientan

Sentir in real sentences

Example sentences from the Juntos exercise bank, each checked before learners see it.

Imperfect

Ellos se sentían felices cada vez que viajaban en autobús juntos.
They used to feel happy whenever they traveled by bus together.

Mistakes learners make with sentir

Feeling a state needs the reflexive: me siento cansado. Siento on its own is "I'm sorry" or "I sense".
Lo siento is the everyday "I'm sorry".
The stem changes e to ie in the present (siento) and e to i in the third-person preterite (sintió, sintieron).

Write your own sentence with sentir

Not sure which past tense to use? The Spanish past tense course explains preterite vs imperfect with practice. Conjugate any other verb with the free Spanish conjugator, browse all 72 verb pages, or check any text with the free Spanish grammar checker.

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Use sentir in real conversation

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Questions people ask

Is sentir irregular in Spanish?

Partly. Sentir changes form in the present, preterite and present subjunctive, through an irregular stem, a stem change or a spelling change. The other tenses follow the regular -ir pattern.

What is the preterite of sentir?

Yo sentí, tú sentiste, él/ella sintió, nosotros sentimos, ellos/ustedes sintieron.

How do you conjugate sentir in the present?

Yo siento, tú sientes, él/ella siente, nosotros sentimos, ellos/ustedes sienten.

What is the future of sentir?

Yo sentiré, tú sentirás, él/ella sentirá, nosotros sentiremos, ellos/ustedes sentirán.

What is the present subjunctive of sentir?

Que yo sienta, que tú sientas, que él/ella sienta, que nosotros sintamos, que ellos/ustedes sientan.