Meaning
to foresee, foretell
- To have a premonition of, forebode, or foreshadow an event
- To portend or serve as an omen of
In a sentence
Quel silenzio improvviso presagiva una tempesta imminente.
That sudden silence foreboded an impending storm.
Nulla in quel momento lasciava presagire un esito così drammatico.
Nothing at that moment presaged such a dramatic outcome.
Il poeta sosteneva di poter presagire gli eventi del secolo a venire.
The poet claimed he could foresee the events of the century to come.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| presagire | infinitive |
| presagisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| presagisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| presagisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| presagiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| presagite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| presagiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| presagivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| presagivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| presagiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| presagivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| presagivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| presagivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| presagii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| presagisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| presagì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| presagimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| presagiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| presagirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| presagirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| presagirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| presagirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| presagiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| presagirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| presagiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| presagisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| presagisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| presagisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| presagiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| presagiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| presagiscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| presagissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| presagissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| presagisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| presagissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| presagiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| presagissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| presagirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| presagiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| presagirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| presagiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| presagireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| presagirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| presagisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| presagiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| presagite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| presagendo | gerund |
| presagito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Literary: formal and literary; preferred over intuit or prevedere in elevated style.
- Follows the -isc- pattern in the present indicative and subjunctive (io presagisco).
- Takes the auxiliary avere in compound tenses.