"Sentire" = to hear, to feel, to smell

[MoniqueMaRie]

In a discussion last year, an Italian initially caused puzzlement with me because he had confused hearing and feeling. Since then I have internalised:

"Sentire" = to hear, to feel, to smell

Now I wanted to know how to say in Italian: I hear, feel and smell the salty sea breeze.

deepl.com provides "Sento, percepisco e annuso la brezza salata del mare"

And I was hoping so much for "Sento, sento e sento la brezza salata del mare"

[gmads]

"Sentire" = to hear, to feel, to smell

Now I wanted to know how to say in Italian: I hear, feel and smell the salty sea breeze.

And I was hoping so much for "Sento, sento e sento la brezza salata del mare"

And what if you wanted to say: I feel happy when I hear, taste, touch, and smell the murmur of the salty and fresh sea breeze that smells of fish

Would it be: Mi sento felice quando sento, sento, sento, e sento il mormorio della brezza marina salata e fresca, che odora di pesce

deepl.com provides "Sento, percepisco e annuso la brezza salata del mare"

deepl.com doesn't have any sense of humor

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How to talk about the five senses in Italian

The verb sentire can be used to for nearly all of these sensi:

• to hear/listen to
  – non ti sento (I can’t hear you)

• to smell
  – sento un cattivo odore (I can smell something horrible)

• to feel (touch)
  – senti che morbido (feel how soft it is)

• to taste
  – sento uno strano sapore (I can taste something strange)

• to feel
  – sento freddo (I feel cold)
  – sento una strana sensazione (I have got a strange feeling)

• to have a sense
  – sento che qualcosa di brutto sta per succedere (I have a feeling something bad is about to happen)

• to find out
  – ho sentito che.. (I found out / heard that..)

There are also idiomatic uses of sentire such as:

• sentire la mancanza: to miss someone or something
  – sento la tua mancanza (I miss you)
• stare a sentire: to listen/pay attention to someone or something
  – stammi a sentire (listen to me)
• non c’è peggior sordo di chi non vuol sentire (there is none so deaf as he who will not hear)

Sentirsi also means - to feel - but it is used differently:

• to feel + adjective
  – mi sento stanco (I feel tired)

• to feel + noun
  – mi sento uno stupido (I feel like a stupid person)

• to feel + adverb
  – mi sento male (I don’t feel well)

Idiomatic uses of sentirsi include:

• sentirsi di + inf: to feel like
  – non mi sento di dirglielo (I don’t feel like telling him)

• farsi sentire: to get in touch/make one’s voice heard
  – fatti sentire (you get / keep in touch)

• sentirsela: to feel like it
  – non me la sento di venire (I don't feel like coming)
  
  

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