Polyglot Dictionary

augurar

/awɣuˈɾaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
auguro
preterite (yo)
auguré
past participle
augurado

Meaning

  1. to predict

    • Auguran un buen año.

      They predict a good year.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

vaticinar

augurar and vaticinar are close synonyms for "to predict"; vaticinar is more literary or prophetic.

predecir

predecir is the more common, general word for "to predict"; augurar is more literary, often implying predicting based on omens.

Similar in other languages

German

voraussagen

voraussagen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to predict."

French

prédire

prédire is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to predict."

Practice

1 What does augurar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches augurar?

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