Polyglot Dictionary

vaticinar

/batisiˈnaɾ/

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)
vaticino
preterite (yo)
vaticiné
past participle
vaticinado

Meaning

  1. to predict

    • Vaticinó su fracaso.

      He predicted their failure.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

augurar

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

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 vaticinar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches vaticinar?

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