Portuguese-English translations for sentir pena

• feel sorry for
• pity
  I have started to feel tempted to stop directing political criticism at the Commissioners and to start feeling nothing but pity for them. Comecei a sentir a tentação de deixar de dirigir críticas políticas aos senhores comissários e passar meramente a sentir pena deles.
  The situation has scarcely changed since then, yet people are amazed that the cholera epidemic is spreading very fast, and the international community is again beginning to feel pity. A situação pouco mudou desde então, mas as pessoas estão surpreendidas com a rápida disseminação da epidemia de cólera, e a comunidade internacional está novamente a começar a sentir pena.
  Its a pity youre feeling unwell because theres a party on tonight.

Related words

• sentir
• pressentir
• consentir
• sentir-se
• dissentir
• assentir
• ressentir
• sentir cheiro
• sentir saudade