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Sentir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to feel”.
Below are all of the conjugations for sentir in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to feel |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | sentir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está sintiendo) and past continuous (estaba sintiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. feeling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he sentido and hubiera sentido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have felt).
| Gerundio / Gerund | sintiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | sentido |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I feel” or “they feel”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | siento |
| Tú | sientes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | siente |
| Nosotros / as | sentimos |
| Vosotros / as | sentís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | sienten |
| Vos | sentís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I felt” or “she felt” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | sentí | I felt |
| Tú | sentiste | You felt |
| Él / Ella / Usted | sintió | He / she / you felt |
| Nosotros / as | sentimos | We felt |
| Vosotros / as | sentisteis | You felt |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | sintieron | They / you felt |
| Vos | sentiste | You felt |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was feeling” or “she was feeling” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | sentía | I was feeling |
| Tú | sentías | You were feeling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | sentía | He was / she was / you were feeling |
| Nosotros / as | sentíamos | We were feeling |
| Vosotros / as | sentíais | You were feeling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | sentían | They / you were feeling |
| Vos | sentías | You were feeling |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have felt” and “she has felt”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he sentido | I have felt |
| Tú | has sentido | You have felt |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha sentido | He has / she has / you have felt |
| Nosotros / as | hemos sentido | We have felt |
| Vosotros / as | habéis sentido | You have felt |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han sentido | They / you have felt |
| Vos | has sentido | You have felt |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would feel” or “she would feel”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | sentiría | I would feel |
| Tú | sentirías | You would feel |
| Él / Ella / Usted | sentiría | He / she / you would feel |
| Nosotros / as | sentiríamos | We would feel |
| Vosotros / as | sentiríais | You would feel |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | sentirían | They / you would feel |
| Vos | sentirías | You would feel |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will feel” or “they will feel”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a sentir” means “They are going to feel”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | sentiré | I will feel |
| Tú | sentirás | You will feel |
| Él / Ella / Usted | sentirá | He / she / you will feel |
| Nosotros / as | sentiremos | We will feel |
| Vosotros / as | sentiréis | You will feel |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | sentirán | They / you will feel |
| Vos | sentirás | You will feel |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | sienta |
| Tú | sientas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | sienta |
| Nosotros / as | sintamos |
| Vosotros / as | sintáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | sientan |
| Vos | sientas |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | sintiera | sintiese |
| Tú | sintieras | sintiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | sintiera | sintiese |
| Nosotros / as | sintiéramos | sintiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | sintierais | sintieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | sintieran | sintiesen |
| Vos | sintieras | sintiese |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | sintiere |
| Tú | sintieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | sintiera |
| Nosotros / as | sintiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | sintiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | sintieren |
| Vos | sintieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “feel!” and “don’t feel!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | siente | no sientas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | sienta | no sienta |
| Nosotros / as | sintamos | no sintamos |
| Vosotros / as | sentid | no sintáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | sientan | no sientan |
| Vos | sentí | no sientas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya sentido |
| Tú | hayas sentido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya sentido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos sentido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis sentido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan sentido |
| Vos | hayas sentido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera sentido / hubiese sentido |
| Tú | hubieras sentido / hubieses sentido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera sentido / hubiese sentido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos sentido / hubiésemos sentido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais sentido / hubieseis sentido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran sentido / hubiesen sentido |
| Vos | hubieras sentido / hubieses sentido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere sentido |
| Tú | hubieres sentido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere sentido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos sentido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis sentido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren sentido |
| Vos | hubieres sentido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté sintiendo |
| Tú | estés sintiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté sintiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos sintiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis sintiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén sintiendo |
| Vos | estés sintiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera sintiendo / estuviese sintiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras sintiendo / estuvieses sintiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera sintiendo / estuviese sintiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos sintiendo / estuviésamos sintiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais sintiendo / estuvieseis sintiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera sintiendo / estuviese sintiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras sintiendo / estuvieses sintiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere sintiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres sintiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere sintiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos sintiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis sintiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere sintiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres sintiendo |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos sentís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos sentiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos sentías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos sentirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos sentirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos sientas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos sintieras / Vos sintiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos sentí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no sientas |
