presagiar
presagiar(
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)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (to foresee)
a. to foretell
No creo en los videntes que dicen que pueden presagiar lo que va a suceder.I don't believe in clairvoyants who say they can foretell what's going to happen.
La revista publicó una entrevista con el empresario que presagió el auge de las redes sociales en la sociedad americana.The magazine published an interview with the businessman who foretold the rise of social media in American society.
b. to foreshadow
Los disturbios se habían presagiado por indicios previos de malestar político.The riots had been foreshadowed by previous signs of political unrest.
c. to presage
Los catastrofistas dicen que el calentamiento global presagia el fin de la civilización humana.The doom merchants say that global warming presages the end of human civilization.
d. to forebode
El jefe convocó una reunión de emergencia y yo temía lo que podía presagiar.The boss called an emergency meeting and I was afraid of what it might forebode.
e. to betoken
No creo que esta nueva medida presagie un cambio radical en la política gubernamental.I don't think that this new measure betokens a radical change in government policy.
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