sentido

/senˈtido/, [sẽn̪ˈt̪i.ð̞o]

sense


Adjective sentido (feminine sentida, masculine plural sentidos, feminine plural sentidas)

  1. deeply felt, heartfelt

Noun sentido m (plural sentidos)

  1. sense (faculties of perception)
    Los cino sentidos tradicionales son la vista, el tacto, el oído, el gusto y el olfacto.
    The traditional five senses are sight, touch, hearing, taste and smell.
    Los humanos también tienen un sexto sentido llamado la "propriocepción" que tiene que ver con la consciencia de la posición del propio cuerpo.
    Humans also have a sixth sense called "proprioception", which has to do with awareness of the position of one's body.
  2. sense, way (manner)
    Lo dije en un buen sentido.
    I meant it in a good way.
  3. sense, meaning
    El sentido de la palabra es...
    The meaning of the word is...
    No tiene sentido.
    It makes no sense. / It doesn't make any sense.
  4. sense, point, use
    No tiene sentido.
    There's no point. / It's no use.
    No tiene sentido alarmarse todavía.
    There's no point in panicking just yet.
    ¿Qué sentido tiene?
    What's the point?
  5. direction
  6. feeling

Verb sentido m (feminine singular sentida, masculine plural sentidos, feminine plural sentidas)

  1. Masculine singular past participle of sentir.

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Examples
  • Para muchos es inconcebible que uno pueda amar la vida sin encontrarle un sentido.

    For many, it seems to be ungraspable that one can love life without seeing any point in it.

  • No tiene sentido discutir sobre qué es verdad y qué no.

    There's no point arguing about what's true and what's false.

  • Un perro tiene un agudo sentido del olfato.

    A dog has a sharp sense of smell.

  • En sentido estricto, su respuesta es incorrecta.

    Strictly speaking, his answer is not correct.

  • No tiene sentido criticar a alguien por hacer algo que haríamos nosotros si estuviésemos en su caso.

    It doesn't make sense to criticize someone for doing something that we would do if we were in their situation.

  • El perro tiene un agudo sentido del olfato.

    The dog has a very keen sense of smell.

  • Este mensaje no tiene sentido.

    This message doesn't make sense.

  • No tienes ningún sentido de la orientación.

    You have no sense of direction.

  • A veces decimos: "El sentido común es muy poco común".

    We sometimes say: "Common sense is quite uncommon."

  • Tom no se ha sentido muy bien recientemente.

    Tom hasn't been very well recently.

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