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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

sensível

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sensível

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sensitive/ˈsɛn.sɪ.tɪv/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1400 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ela tem um estômago sensível que reage a alimentos picantes."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Easily affected by external influences or stimuli.

    "She has a sensitive stomach that reacts to spicy foods."
  2. 2

    Having or displaying a quick and delicate appreciation of others' feelings.

    "He is very sensitive to criticism and often takes it personally."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin sensitivus ('having physical feeling'), originating from Latin sensus ('feeling, sense'). It entered Middle English via Old French in the 14th century, initially relating to the faculty of sensation before shifting to denote emotional susceptibility and delicacy in the 16th century.

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