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presagio — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • augury noun A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
  • doom noun A terrible fate that seems certain and impossible to avoid, especially death or destruction.
  • omen noun A sign believed to foretell a future event, whether good or bad.
  • premonition noun A strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something bad, before there is any real evidence of it.
  • presage noun A warning of a future event; an omen.
  • prodigy noun A person, especially a child, with exceptional talent or ability.
  • sign noun A visible indication that something exists, is happening, or is about to happen.

Senses

presagio is used for these senses in English:

  • augury (by extension) An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
  • doom Destiny, especially terrible.
  • doom Dread; a feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness, or despair.
  • omen Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
  • omen A thing of prophetic significance.
  • premonition A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).
  • presage A warning of a future event; an omen.
  • prodigy (archaic) An extraordinary thing seen as an omen; a portent. [from 15th c.]

augury — full definition

  1. noun A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
  2. noun An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
  3. noun An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.

doom — full definition

  1. noun A terrible fate that seems certain and impossible to avoid, especially death or destruction.
  2. verb To condemn someone or something to a certain, usually terrible, fate.

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