portend

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• UK: /pɔːˈtɛnd/
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• US: /pɔɹˈtɛnd/
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• rhymes with -ɛnd
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Borrowed from Latin portendere (“to foretell”), from por- (“forward”) + tendere (“to stretch”).

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَنْذَرَ (ʔanḏara) — to serve as a warning or omen
• Armenian: կանխագուշակել (kanxagušakel) — to serve as a warning or omen
• Armenian: նախագուշակել (naxagušakel) — to serve as a warning or omen
• Armenian: գուշակել (gušakel) — to serve as a warning or omen
• Bulgarian: вещая (veštaja) — to serve as a warning or omen
• Bulgarian: предвещавам (predveštavam) — to serve as a warning or omen
• Catalan: presagiar — to serve as a warning or omen
• Catalan: anunciar — to serve as a warning or omen
• Czech: hlásat — to serve as a warning or omen
• Czech: věstit — to serve as a warning or omen
• Dutch: aankondigen — to serve as a warning or omen
• Finnish: tietää — to serve as a warning or omen
• French: annoncer — to serve as a warning or omen
• French: présager — to serve as a warning or omen
• German: ankündigen — to serve as a warning or omen
• German: vorbedeuten — to serve as a warning or omen
• German: vorhersagen — to serve as a warning or omen
• Greek: προμηνύω (prominýo) — to serve as a warning or omen
• Greek: προαναγγέλω (proanangélo) — to serve as a warning or omen
• Italian: preannunciare — to serve as a warning or omen
• Italian: presagire — to serve as a warning or omen
• Latin: portendō — to serve as a warning or omen
• Portuguese: pressagiar — to serve as a warning or omen
• Russian: предвеща́ть (predveščátʹ) — to serve as a warning or omen
• Serbo-Croatian: navijestiti — to serve as a warning or omen
• Spanish: presagiar — to serve as a warning or omen
• Swedish: varsla — to serve as a warning or omen
• Turkish: önceden belirtmek — to serve as a warning or omen
• Turkish: önceden haber vermek — to serve as a warning or omen
• Armenian: նախանշան լինել (naxanšan linel) — to signify
• Bulgarian: означавам (označavam) — to signify
• Czech: být předzvěstí (varovnou) — to signify
• Finnish: merkitä — to signify
• French: signifier — to signify
• German: deuten — to signify
• German: hindeuten — to signify
• German: hinweisen — to signify
• German: bedeuten — to signify
• Greek: προμηνύω (prominýo) — to signify
• Greek: προαναγγέλω (proanangélo) — to signify
• Polish: oznaczać — to signify
• Russian: предзнамено́вывать (predznamenóvyvatʹ) — to signify
• Russian: предзнаменова́ть (predznamenovátʹ) — to signify
• Serbo-Croatian: naznačiti — to signify
• Swedish: båda — to signify
• Turkish: alâmet olmak — to signify
• Turkish: delâlet etmek — to signify
• Turkish: (kötüye) işâret olmak — to signify