Meaning of seny | Babel Free

Definitions

1. sense, common sense, sensibleness
   masculine
2. sign
   archaic, masculine
3. sense, sensory perception
   masculine, obsolete
4. large bell
   archaic, masculine

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Examples

“Quan no obrem d'acord amb el seny ho sabem: és quan hem fet les coses, per un desig, per un impuls o, en fi, per una passió, petita o grossa, temptadora o abassegadora.”

When we don't act in accordance with common sense, we know it: it's when we've done things for a desire, for an urge, or, in short, for a passion; small or great, tempting or engrossing.

“Esclaus dels cinc senys corporals: veure, oir, olorar, gustar i palpar, que configuren el món i la vida.”

[We are] slaves to the five bodily senses: seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching, which shape the world and life.

“Lo seny del lladre era un toch de campana que's feya al cap-vespre. Per broma devía dirse'n lo seny del lladre, com si diguessen que al fer aquell toch començava la nit, la hora deis lladres.”

The thief bell was the a bell that tolled at nightfall. As a joke it was to be called the thief bell, as if to say that when it tolls, night, the time of thieves, began.

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