omen

presagio, augurio

Algo que se cree que anuncia un acontecimiento bueno o malo.

En inglés sencillo: Something people believe shows that a good or bad event will happen.

• She thought it was a good omen.
• The broken mirror seemed like a bad omen.
• They took the bird's arrival as an omen of peace.

Cómo se usa: an omen of something (They saw the dark clouds as an omen of disaster.)

Sinónimos: sign, portent, augury

Expresiones frecuentes: good omen, bad omen, omen of something, ill omen

presagiar, augurar

Ser una señal de que algo sucederá en el futuro.

En inglés sencillo: To be a sign that something will happen in the future.

• The dark sky omened disaster.
• They believed the eagle's arrival omened victory.
• The strange silence seemed to omen approaching death.

Sinónimos: foretell, portend, foreshadow

Expresiones frecuentes: omen disaster, omen a victory