senso

See also: sènso and sensō

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsenso/

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• Rhymes: -enso
• Syllabification: sen‧so

Noun

senso (accusative singular senson, plural sensoj, accusative plural sensojn)

1. sense (i.e., one of the five senses)
   • 1942, Francisco Valdomiro Lorenz, Bhagavad-Gîtâ, tio estas, Sublima Kanto pri la Senmorteco, page 78:

     Eterna radio Mia, on teran vivon venante, altiras al si la sensojn kaj menson el la Naturo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1992, Gabriel García Márquez, translated by Fernando de Diego, Cent jaroj da soleco [One Hundred Years of Solitude] (Serio Oriento-Okcidento; number 27), 3rd edition, New York, N.Y.: Mondial, published 2015, page 95:

     […] okupata, kun siaj kvin sensoj en streĉa atento, super la oraĵista stablo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2013, Julia Sigmond, Sen Rodin, Libazar’ kaj Tero, New York, N.Y.: Mondial, →ISBN, page 426:

     […] kulinaro, modelismo, florikulturo, zorgado kaj purigado de la medio, restaŭro de kadukiĝintaj belaĵoj kaj mil aliaj aktivadoj nutrantaj la intelekton kaj kontentigantaj la korojn kaj la sensojn de si mem kaj de la aliuloj.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2015, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, translated by Bertil Nilsson, La Perfektiĝo de Jogo, The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, →ISBN:

     Tamen, en la komenca stadio oni ĉiam ricevas la konsilon engaĝi siajn sensojn en servado al Kṛṣṇa.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sēnsus (“sense”), perfect passive participle of sēntiō (“to feel, to perceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnsʊ/

Noun

senso m (uncountable)

1. sense
   1. sound practical judgement

      Synonyms: xuízo, sentido

2. anus

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “senso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦺꦁꦱꦺꦴ (sèngso), ꦱꦶꦁꦱꦺꦴ (singso, “chainsaw”), from English chainsaw.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnso/ [ˈsen.so]
• Rhymes: -ɛnso
• Syllabification: sen‧so

Noun

senso (plural senso-senso)

1. chainsaw

   Synonym: gergaji rantai

Further reading

• “senso”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sēnsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.so/

• Audio (IT):

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• Rhymes: -ɛnso
• Hyphenation: sèn‧so

Noun

senso m (plural sensi)

1. (biology) sense

   I cinque sensi sono: vista, udito, olfatto, gusto, e tatto.

   The five senses are: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.

   1. (also biology) sensation, awareness of surroundings (of an organism...)

      Gli esseri viventi sono dotati di senso. ― Living beings are equipped with sensation.

   2. (in the plural) consciousness as a whole

      perdere i sensi ― to go unconscious (literally, “to lose the senses”)

2. sense, feeling

   Tanti dicono che studiare dia un senso di soddisfazione.

   Many say studying yields a sense of satisfaction.

   Sono psicopatici che provano un senso di compiacimento vedendo le persone soffrire.

   They're psychopaths who experience a feeling of personal enjoyment seeing people suffer.

3. idea, impression [with di ‘something’]

   Synonyms: idea, concetto

   Secondo Cartesio, gli esseri umani nascono già a piena conoscenza del senso [might also be interpreted as Sense 4.1 for Giustizia (Justice)] di Giustizia, di Dio, di Amore...

   By Descartes, human beings are born already completely familiar with the idea of Justice, of God, of Love...

   • 2019, Guido Baldi, chapter 8, in Gigi Livio, editor, I Classici Nostri Contemporanei, →ISBN, page 512:

     [...] e già questo basta a dare il senso di una vita banale, dove non succede mai nulla di importante.

     [...] and already (as little as) this is sufficient to delivering the impression of a banal life, in which nothing important ever happens.

   1. sense (deep, usually innate, familiar understanding of something intangible that allows one to distinguish opportune from inopportune); barometer, gauge [with di ‘something’; or with adjective]

      senso dell'umorismo ― sense of humor

      senso critico ― critical sense

      senso di moralità ― sense of morality

      Non può essere... il mio senso d'orientamento non mi ha mai fallito prima d'ora!

      It can't be... my sense of orientation has never failed me (ever) until now!

4. meaning, logic, coherence

   avere senso

   to make sense, to be coherent, to not be absurd

   (literally, “to have sense”)

   1. the overall meaning, the mental coming together of something

      Synonym: significato

      Qual è il senso di tutto questo?! ― What's the meaning of all this?!

   2. (sometimes also ultimate) purpose, point

      Synonyms: punto, scopo ultimo

      Near-synonym: obiettivo

      Non capisco il senso di questo gioco... perché sedersi a programmare una noia di gioco senza senso?

      I don't get the point of this game... why [would one] sit down program one hell of a bore of an incoherent game?

   3. word sense

      Synonym: significato

   4. way (to mean something)

      nel senso che... ― as in that... (literally, “in the sense that...”)

      in che senso ― what way [is that meant to be understood] (literally, “in what sense”)

      Aaaaahh, in quel senso! ― Ooohh, that way!

5. (both physically and figuratively) direction

   Synonyms: direzione, verso

   in senso obliquo ― obliquely (literally, “in oblique direction”)

   in senso ovest ― facing west

   orientarsi nel senso della legalità ― to turn legality-wards

   1. way (to do something)

      Synonyms: modo, maniera

      in senso affermativo ― affirmatively (literally, “in affermative way”)

      che vada in questo senso o nell'altro ― go it this way or the other

6. perception of the importance, breadth, or nature, of a happening, process or event (chiefly historical ones) (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Related terms

• a senso (“by feel, by expecting what the next step should be (and more meanings)”)
• ai sensi, a senso (“according (to)”) (law)
• avere senso, esserci senso
• buon senso
• doppiosenso, doppio senso
• in che senso
• in senso affermativo
• in senso lato (“in the broad sense”)
• in senso negativo
• in un certo senso
• insensato
• nel senso che
• nonsenso
• perdere i sensi
• privo di sensi
• riacquistare i sensi, riprendere i sensi
• sensato
• sensazione
• sensibile
• sensismo
• sensitivo
• senso obbligatorio
• senso unico
• senso vietato
• sensore
• sensorio
• sensuale
• sentire
• senza senso, privo di senso, vuoto di senso
• sesto senso
• tornare in sensi

References

• senso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Nesso, nesso

Latin

Participle

sēnsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sēnsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sēnsus (“sense”), perfect passive participle of sēntiō (“to feel, to perceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”). Doublet of siso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsẽ.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsẽ.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsẽ.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsẽ.su/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -ẽsu
• Homophone: censo
• Hyphenation: sen‧so

Noun

senso m (uncountable)

1. sense
   1. conscious awareness

      Synonyms: consciência, siso

   2. sound practical judgement

      Synonyms: juízo, sentido

      senso comum ― common sense

   3. natural appreciation or ability

      Synonym: apreciação

Derived terms

• bom senso
• senso comum
• senso crítico

Related terms

• sensatez
• sensato
• sensificar
• sensitivo
• sensível
• sensivelmente
• sensivo
• sensor
• sensorial
• sensório
• sentido
• sentimento
• sentir

Further reading

• “senso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “senso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Verb

senso

1. first-person singular present indicative of sensar