"To Feel" - Verb Help
Hello friends. I am relatively new to Spanish still and was wondering what you all consider the best verbs for "to feel" in it's different meanings.
"I feel the dirt." Physical "I feel sad for their family," or "He feels good about his day." Emotional/Mental
Thank you!
4 Answers
Just as a suggestion - About.com made a good point:
if you're fairly new to Spanish and trying to think of how to say a sentence using "feel" in Spanish, you should probably see first if you can think of a different, and simpler if possible, was of saying what you want to say. For example, a simple sentence such as "I feel sad" means basically the same thing as "I am sad," which can be expressed as "Estoy triste."
But ofcourse as you progress you will want to add 'feel' to your repertoire and as Nicole mentions above the verb to use especially for feeling emotion would be 'sentir' or 'sentirse'
Me siento triste.
That won't work however for the feel as in touch.
This also from About.com Spanish Idioms & Phrases
Meaning "to seem"
When "to seem" can be substituted for "to feel," you can often translate using the verb parecer: Parece lisa al tacto. It feels smooth to the touch. It seems smooth to the touch. Parece que va a llover. It feels like it's going to rain. It seems that it is going to rain. La herramienta me parece útil. The tool feels useful. The tool seems useful to me. Meaning "to touch"
Tocar and palpar are often used to refer to touching something: El médico me palpó el abdomen. The doctor felt my abdomen. Todos tocaron la piel de zorro para que les diera buena suerte. Everyone felt the fox skin so it would give them good luck.
Hope that helps 
I think you will find what you are looking for here: sentir.
Emotional and mental is sentirse Feel as in to sense is also sentir Feel as into believe would be creer
Thank you very much!
