omen

presagio, auspicio

Qualcosa che si ritiene annunci un evento positivo o negativo.

In inglese semplice: 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.

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

Sinonimi: sign, portent, augury

Espressioni comuni: good omen, bad omen, omen of something, ill omen

presagire, preannunciare

Essere un segno che qualcosa accadrà in futuro.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: foretell, portend, foreshadow

Espressioni comuni: omen disaster, omen a victory