As you may know, sentir typically means "to feel," and is a cousin of English words such as "sentiment" and "sense." Not surprisingly, the verbs derived from sentir typically refer to a person's feelings.
Sentir is irregularly conjugated, so verbs derived from it are irregularly conjugated in the same way. So just as you would say siento for "I feel," you would say asiento for "I assent."
Here are the most common verbs derived from sentir along with their meanings and sample sentences:
- asentir — to assent, to nod. La compañía asintió en ayudar a Tijuanenses más vulnerables. The company assented in helping the most vulnerable Tijuana residents. Es posible que el autor quiera que asintamos al mundo que ha construido. It is possible that the author wants us to assent to the world he has constructed.
- consentir — to agree, to allow, to consent. No consentimos que hablen en nuestro nombre. We didn't agree to them speaking in our name. No consiento en la cesión de mis datos personales para recibir información. I do not consent to the transfer of my personal data in order to receive information.
- contrasentido (commonly used only as a participle) — contradiction in terms, oxymoron. El apoyo de una democracia a dictadores es un contrasentido degradante. The support of a democracy for dictators is a degrading contradiction in terms.
- disentir — to dissent, to disagree. Disiento en un punto. I disagree on one point. En algunas ocasiones disentíamos. On some occasions we would disagree.
- presentir — to foresee, to have a premonition. Los analistas presienten que el adiós del Partido Colorado nunca ha estado tan cerca. The analysts foresee that the farewell of the Colorado Party has never been so close.
- resentirse — to suffer, to be weakened, to be offended. Me resiento que un ministro de Dios use su alcance para solicitar dinero. I am offended that a minister of God uses his position in order to ask for money. En los primeros días en altura nos resentiremos física y mentalmente. In the first days at high altitude we will suffer physically and mentally.
