portend

por·tend  (pôr-tnd, pr-)

tr.v. por·tend·ed, por·tend·ing, por·tends

1. To serve as an omen or a warning of; presage: black clouds that portend a storm.

2. To indicate by prediction; forecast: leading economic indicators that portend a recession.

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[Middle English portenden, from Latin portendere; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

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portend

Verb

to be an omen of: the 0.5 percent increase certainly portends higher inflation ahead [Latin portendere to indicate]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

portend - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" augur, auspicate, bode, foreshadow, omen, presage, prognosticate, predict, prefigure, betoken, forecast, foretell threaten - to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens" bespeak, betoken, indicate, signal, point - be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued" foreshow - foretell by divine inspiration

Translations

portend [pɔːˈtɛnd] vt → presagiar, anunciar

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portend [pɔːˈtɛnd] vt → présager, annoncer

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portend [pɔːˈtɛnd] vt → hindeuten auf +acc