Pressentait (en. Had a presentiment)

/pʁɛsɑ̃te/

Meaning & Definition

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verb

To have a premonition or to guess something about the future.

He sensed a change in the air.

Il pressentait un changement dans l'air.

To anticipate an event without tangible evidence.

She sensed that something bad was going to happen.

Elle pressentait que quelque chose de mauvais allait se produire.

To suspect something without being certain of it.

They sensed a negative response from them.

Ils pressentaient une réponse négative de leur part.

Derived from the verb 'to sense', originating from the Latin 'praesens', meaning 'present'.

to have a premonition

to feel a strong intuition about the future.

avoir un pressentiment

sensing danger

to have the ability to detect a threat before it manifests.

presenseur du danger

to sense

verb that means to experience an intuition regarding something.

pressentir

premonition

anticipatory feeling of a future event, often negative.

prémonition

intuition

ability to understand something immediately, without reasoning.

intuition

to have a good intuition

I sensed that this situation was going to go wrong.

Je pressentais que cette affaire allait tourner mal.

to suspect something

I sensed that she was hiding something from me.

Je pressentais qu'elle me cachait quelque chose.