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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

presagio

Pronunciation / Transliteration: preˈsaʤo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Omen/ˈoʊ.mən/
nounverbCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il fulmine era considerato un presagio di sventura."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An event regarded as a portent of good or evil.

    "The sudden storm was seen as an omen of bad luck for the travelers."
  2. 2

    A phenomenon or occurrence that is interpreted as a sign of something to come.

    "Many cultures have rituals to interpret omens before important decisions."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Latin 'ōmen', which likely traces back to an older Old Latin root 'osmen', possibly connected to the mouth or utterances of prophecy. Historically used in ancient Roman augury to describe a phenomenon interpreted as a sign of future good or evil.

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